Dubai to Install New Security Cameras on its Streets

Al-Ettihad29.08.2012 Security
Dubai to Install New Security Cameras on its Streets

Dubai to Install New Security Cameras on its Streets

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Dubai authorities intend to install advanced security cameras on the city's streets within the next few days as part of an ongoing plan to control crime, a senior Police Officer was reported as saying.


The new cameras will also monitor traffic on roads and are among the most advanced security photographic devices, said Brigadier Khalil Al Mansoori, Director of the Criminal Investigation Department.

“The cameras will be installed in several areas in the next few days...they are not many but have advanced features,” he told the Arabic language daily Al-Ettihad.

The paper said the new cameras are part of a Dh500 million ($150 million) plan approved by Dubai's authorities to deploy high-tech security cameras through the Gulf's business and tourism hub to control crime and road traffic.

Around 25,000 security cameras currently dot the streets of the city of more than two million. “We have a plan to extend the use of these cameras to all places and areas in a way that will not violate people's privacy,” Mansoori said.

 

Source: Emirates 24|7 2012; Al-Ettihad

 



 
 

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