Hyderabad: As a part of expanding Community CCTV cameras network across Rachakonda Commissionerate, the Commissioner of Rachakonda Mahesh Bhagwat inaugurated 14 CCTV cameras, including two Automatic Number Plate Recognition CCTV cameras in a ceremony organized at Aga khan Academy (AKA), Pahadisharif today.
These cameras installed on the road leading from Raviryala Kaman (airport road junction) to Raviryala village with a total cost of Rs 8,61,000/- lakhs sponsored by AKA in order to ensure the safety and security of citizens. All the cameras will have a back up of 45 days and all the number plates of the vehicles passed through the road will be recorded and stored without any manual intervention.
Addressing the gathering after the inaugural ceremony, the CP Mahesh Bhagwat said CCTV cameras had become an important aspect of modern-day policing and many sensational and ordinary crime is being detected with the footages. He said in road accident cases, many innocents have also been saved and protected their human rights relying on the CCTV footage. He also said that the Telangana State Police was heading towards excellence using technology as a key instrument for effective crime control, traffic management, road safety, and women security. He applauded and thanked the AKA for coming forward for this great initiative of sponsoring the funds for the project. He said that the local people and commuters of the road will definitely have to feel safe and secure with this project. He further said all the community CCTVs install across three Commissionerates are being networked and connected to the Centralised Command Control Centre at Banjara Hills in the near future and will be monitored live in order to ensure preventive policing.
The Head of the Academy Dr.Jonathan Long has said that CCTV camera became an important part of 21st-century life along with smartphones, Netflix, Uber and added that the United Kingdom has the highest concentration of CCTV cameras in the world and there is one CCTV camera for every 30 residents although it’s not without its critics – some complaint about the lack of privacy and infringement of civil liberties.
