Colombia. After a considerable investment of 2,835 million pesos (about US$1.5 million), the municipality of Envigado expects to end the year by reinforcing its security with a state-of-the-art video surveillance system in order to guarantee tranquility in this town located south of Medellín.
To the 34 cameras that it currently has, another 27 will be added that are already in the Municipal Warehouse and of which only their installation is expected, because the poles and 11 kilometers of fiber optic are mounted, which will connect them with a modern monitoring room, which is under remodeling.
The cost of these new cameras was 1,200 million pesos (about US$650 thousand), of which the Ministry of the Interior contributed 900 million (about US$490 thousand) and the Municipality the remaining 300 (About US$160 thousand).
The Monitoring Center is in the process of being remodeled. The first stage has already been completed, which had a cost of 166 million pesos contributed by the Mayor's Office. For the second stage, which has a value of 221 million (US$120 thousand), construction began.
It was also known the signing of a contract with the Urban Security Company (ESU), for the installation of another 14 cameras, with a fiber optic laying of three kilometers and a video wall system, among other elements, in order to have, at the end of the year, 74 cameras.
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