Tiverton police will soon install a security camera to watch the comings and goings at Fogland Beach, following a summer of complaints from residents about parties, bonfires and other activity there.

Police Chief Patrick Jones told the Tiverton Town Council that the only thing holding up the camera's installation is the lack of electricity at the attendant shack.

However, the town is working with National Grid to get a service pole installed and the council will discuss and vote on permission to install a pole at a short meeting Monday evening, he said. The camera will be linked to the department's headquarters, where police can keep an eye on it.

Placing a camera at the shack is a good location "because it's a kind of choke point for the beach," he said. "It will be connected to the department 24/7."

News of the camera and electric feed come after Tiverton Beach Coordinator Melissa Devolve told the council last week that it has been a particularly rough summer for beach attendants both at Fogland and Grinnell's Beach. Summer-hire beach attendants, most of whom are in their teens, have had to deal with more than the usual rude customers and other problems this season, she said.

Ms. Devolve suspects part of the uptick is due to the $10 parking fee, which is new this year.

At Grinnell's, "they've had some very difficult customers," she said. "People are just not being nice, I guess you could say. People are being very confrontational with these kids, and they're doing an excellent job."

It's been just as difficult at Fogland, she said. Police have been regularly been called their after hours for complaints of bonfires, drinking and parties, and attendants regularly get out-of-town visitors who claim to be residents.

"They just drive by you (at the shack) or say they live at the cove," she said.

Ms. Devolve also relayed her hope that the attendant shack will be replaced for next season. The current one, apart from not having power, is in a sorry state and is frequented not just by college kids watching the beach for the summer, but mice and hornets too.

"It's gotta go," she said. "It's gotta get blown up and gone."