The Bengaluru police have geo-tagged 5.35 lakh private and non-private CCTV cameras within the metropolis as a part of their digital policing efforts and for quick responses to crimes within the metropolis.
The variety of CCTV cameras has elevated by over three lakh up to now 15 months.
“To be able to strengthen public safety and management crime in Bangalore metropolis, the Cell Crime and Prison Monitoring Community System (MCCTNS) has been geo-tagging CCTV cameras within the metropolis.
In response to MCCTNS knowledge, a complete of 5.35,815 CCTV cameras have been geo-tagged in Bengaluru metropolis until April 30, 2025,” the Bengaluru police stated in a press release this week.
In response to knowledge from the MCCTNS portal, the CCTV cameras are put in in residential areas, industrial facilities, highways, visitors indicators, instructional establishments, hospitals, banks and different vital locations.
The cameras might be used for crime investigations aside from surveillance work, the police stated.
“Final 12 months in January, that’s January 2024, we collected info of the presence of a complete of two,32,711 CCTV cameras in public locations within the metropolis. Subsequently we undertook a activity of accelerating the variety of CCTV cameras to 5 lakh within the metropolis. Now we have now over 5 lakh cameras in Bengaluru,” Bengaluru Metropolis Police Commissioner B Dayananda stated this week.
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He added that the power has added 3,03,104 cameras since January 2024.
“These cameras are very helpful for policing within the metropolis. They act because the eyes and ears of the police division. They assist us perceive the scenario when any incident happens within the metropolis. These cameras have been put in beneath numerous initiatives,” Dayananda stated.
The cameras have been put in beneath the Public Security Act, the place industrial institutions have been mandated to put in cameras, beneath the Secure Metropolis venture of the police.
“We now have additionally given instructions to small enterprises like teashops to put in cameras. All these cameras contribute to security within the metropolis, for good patrolling and for digital technique of guaranteeing safety,” the Bengaluru police commissioner stated.
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“All these 5 lakh cameras have been geotagged and mapped with our MCCTNS portal. When an incident occurs, we get the details about the variety of cameras current across the scene and the contacts of the customers of the cameras,” the town police chief stated.