Bayside Council’s deputy mayor is urging the state’s maritime agency to use CCTV on a popular south-Sydney beach to penalise jet-skiers caught putting swimmers in danger.

Heidi Lee Douglas has backed Transport for NSW Maritime’s review into authorising the use of CCTV at Sydney beaches, including Brighton-le-Sands, to identify and issue fines to dangerous jet-ski riders, but wants the change made before summer.

Footage uploaded to a Facebook group of jet-skiers riding along the Brighton-le-Sands beach shoreline shows a parent stopping a child from entering the water in the swimming zone.

“These CCTV cameras are very high-quality and can zoom in and can see the registration details of the jet-ski users ... I know that anecdotally, after the footage that residents have sent me, it’s often

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