Colombia. The Metropolitan Police of Bucaramanga with the support of the Government of Santander, installed in the last quarter 16 IP video surveillance cameras of Axis Communications in the municipalities of Floridablanca, Piedecuesta, Girón and Bucaramanga. The solution, which complements a video surveillance system made up of another 150 cameras, has allowed to increase in the last month the feeling of security among the inhabitants and make effective the captures for crime in these municipalities.
The new Axis cameras installed to reinforce security in the neighborhoods and municipalities of the department, which lacked sufficient technological equipment to cover the needs arising from the commission of crimes that affect the population, were acquired by the Government of Santander through the advice and experience of Focus Ingeniería Ltda., who accompanied and executed the project since July of this year.
"For the Government of Santander it is very important to provide the National Police and the security fronts with an integrated system for the department that leads us to attend and strengthen the monitoring and citizen response of public order, thus improving the operational, logistical, physical and technological conditions of the authorities," says Mario Andrés Castañeda, Secretary of the Interior of the department.
The project developed a research stage that allowed to identify the points where it was necessary to effectively strengthen security and its specific needs. The conditions of the places and exposure that the equipment would have were taken into account, since it was required not only that they provide a quality image, but were highly resistant against inclement weather and even vandalism. Hence, the chosen ones were axis Q6044-E network cameras.
Equipped with 720p HDTV resolution and 30x optical zoom, this state-of-the-art PTZ dome camera provides images with outstanding quality while being prepared for hostile scenarios, thanks to its aggression-proof technology and even protection against surges, dust, rain or snow. It also has an electronic image stabilization function that provides clear and stable videos in windy or foggy situations.
With the possibility of being automatically adjusted in up to 256 predefined positions and enlarging images with a high level of detail, these 16 new cameras arrived to provide the population of Santander with an integrated system of protection and prevention, in a joint work between the National Police, the Communal Action Boards and the other Security Fronts, managing to effectively combat the criminality of the department.
"The resolution of the installed Axis cameras is the most innovative of the system, since they are the first of the 166 current cameras, which have HD resolution, which has allowed that in the days that the system has been operating it already yields effective results on captures, decrease in microtrafficking and a remarkable sense of security for the population", says Hermes López Urbina, Manager of Focus Ingeniería Ltda.
With this project, the Government of Santander aims to protect citizens against crimes and contraventions that affect dignity and personal safety, and also seeks to achieve a citizen culture based on respect for the law. "We have started the path to obtain the best results, we want our inhabitants to feel the security in the authorities and to notice the protection of the police on every corner," concludes Castañeda.
