20/09/2011. The Metro Collective Transport System began the third phase of the video surveillance program, with the installation of 100 cameras in 50 accesses.
Francisco Bojórquez, director of the Metro, said that the placement of these devices comes after the GDF authorized him to clean his entrances of street vendors and monitor them, an action previously carried out by the delegations.
The first phase of the video surveillance program was the installation of cameras inside the platforms, the next was to take the security systems inside 100 trains, and now in the 50 main accesses.
Bojórquez indicated that the cameras are being placed in stations of lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, A and B.
"We will have all the security devices ready outside the stations in the next two months. We have already placed the first 50 in 25 stations such as Salto del Agua, Isabel la Católica, Zócalo, Hangares, Insurgentes, Tacubaya and Normal, to name a few," the official explained.
The outdoor cameras are connected to the Metro Command Center, which records 24 hours a day what happens and will allow crime to be inhibited, in addition to requesting the removal of street vendors and other obstacles from the accesses.
The director of the Metro explained that the cameras have a focus of up to 600 meters and a 360-degree turn.
He stressed that the installation of surveillance cameras has no cost for the Metro because it is part of the installation of the 3,403 that are placed throughout the network made up of 11 lines and 175 stations.
Award of the medal of merit
The Metro Collective Transportation System presented the Esteban Cervantes Barrera Medal for civic merit to Sandra Flores, who helped deliver a user at the Auditorio station on July 24, 2010.
This medal was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Metro and is named after the user who was murdered on September 19, 2009 at the Balderas station.
Along with the Medal, a recognition and an economic stimulus was given.
Source:millennium.com
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