Mexico. The Head of Government of the Mexican capital, Clara Brugada Molina, launched the most important video surveillance project for strengthening the security of Mexico City, which will allow, in 2025, the installation of 40,800 new video surveillance cameras.
The authorities indicated that in this way a goal of 150 thousand devices connected to the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5) of the capital will be reached at the end of the six-year term.
Brugada affirmed that the objective of the video cameras is to strengthen the C5 as the main technological tool that exists in the country, which allows video surveillance, monitoring and responding to emergencies and contacting citizens in real time. She also pointed out that the 40,800 new video cameras will be installed throughout the city, prioritizing neighborhoods with a high incidence of crime, such as Agrícola Pantitlán in Iztacalco; Pedregal de Santo Domingo, in Coyoacán, or Roma Norte, in Cuauhtémoc. The devices will also be placed on safe paths, public and private schools, markets, hospitals, CETRAMs, among other public spaces.
The Head of Government reiterated the commitment of her administration to ensure that all posts, panic buttons and surveillance cameras that do not work properly are repaired immediately: "I will be given this information daily, so that they can be fixed as soon as possible," she said.
