Cape Town has seen more than a 90% increase incident detections caught by its CCTV cameras.
The City of Cape Town’s safety and security directorate has announced that it has seen a 45% increase in CCTV-related arrests and a 93% increase in incident detections due to the technology.told Cape TalkMzwakhe said that while CCTV is a very effective tool for deterring crime, increasing the number of cameras will not ultimately stop crime.
Nqavashe says the crimes detected by the CCTV cameras vary from petty crimes and smash-and-grabs to cash-in-transit vehicle attacks. Regarding privacy, Nqavashe said that the footage can’t be provided to just any member of the public, although there are ways to access this information. Cape Town residents with private CCTV cameras can also join the city’s greater CCTV network, which, according to Nqavashe, could yield multiple benefits.
“The tracking system is helping to quickly dispatch teams to attend to infrastructure performance issues,” Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.of an infrastructure budget of R39.5 billion for the next three years, MyBroadband contacted the metro for commenton how this budget would contribute to similar smart infrastructure projects.
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