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Yes .. and totally legal provided those red/blue lights aren’t visible from outside the building.
With regard to the carpark lights, we found that permanent lighting throughout the carpark was less effective than retaining only those near the vehicle / pedestrian entry and exit points, and retrofitting motion activated floodlights elsewhere – strategically pointed at both ends of carpark rows; seems to have a “roo in the headlights” effect!
Back to the CCTV briefly … I’d ask the local Police precisely how the vision could assist them (particularly if as Jimmy T suggested the “hoodies” would be up”), what quality of vision they require, and whether they require continuous recording or if they’ll accept motion-detected recording. Our locals required a minimum 10 frames / second continuous at a resolution of 640 x 480, they recommended at least 28 days storage on the DVR, and still we’ve never been asked to supply them with anything – because as I said before there’s rarely been anything worthwhile to see. A great deterrent though.