Derry’s CCTV systems and community safety warden schemes could be scaled back over a lack of future funding.
They are operated by the local Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP).
Derry City and Strabane District Council said the PSNI has yet to commit £50,000 for each scheme.
The police have said they are currently facing budget and resource challenges.
The PSNI said they recognised the value of community safety wardens and CCTV but “it is impossible to ignore the challenges facing the wider police service”.
The PCSP is funded Derry City and Strabane District Council, the Department of Justice (DoJ), Ulster University and the Department for Communities (DfC).
PCSP chairman Darren Guy told BBC Radio Foyle’s programme ‘The North West Today’ it was very unlikely that the police will be in a position to provide the funding.
The UUP councillor told the programme uncertainty over funding the programmes was very concerning.
“They (the police) would love to give us the money, but they are obviously struggling with their own budget constraints,” said the Alderman.
Mr Guy said they will now look at alternative sources of funding over between now and September.
Derry’s CCTV system has around 85 cameras across the city.
He said the council currently employ about a dozen community safety wardens in the district and said they provide an outstanding service to their local community.
“We would hate to lose any of our services [in rural areas] or within the city,” he said.
The UUP councillor said their employment was not at risk in the context of the current budget pressures but he does worry about the long-term future of the scheme.
Mr Guy said the council can’t match the outstanding funding over its own financial pressures.
“We are treating this as a really serious situation,” he said.
In a council report to elected members earlier this month, an official outlined that the CCTV scheme had a shortfall for the year ahead of £22,000 and the warden scheme has a shortfall by over £70,000.
The official said that the PSNI had informed the council that it was not in a position to commit the £50,000 for both the two schemes.
A DCSDC spokeswoman said it is “continuing to engage on an ongoing basis with funders to resolve this situation”.
She added: “While funding applications have been made, not all budget allocations have been confirmed.”
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