COUNCIL chiefs delayed switching on a CCTV system until a Gaelic sign could be added - despite nobody in the area speaking the language.
The system, on a housing estate in Wick, Caithness, remained unused for five weeks until Gaelic speakers were warned they were being watched.
Highland Council leader John Finnie said CCTV systems were installed by community safety partnerships, and not by the council.
If they had only contacted CCTV Signs DIrect this problem would not have arisen.
