The Sindh Police’s ‘video surveillance system’, which has more than 1,000 closed-circuit television cameras across KARACHI, has been found ineffective in identifying people as investigators believe the 2-mega-pixel devices are helpful in monitoring but they do not give a worthwhile result when it comes to recognising suspects captured in the footage. The Sindh Police in 2010 launched the ‘video surveillance system’ for Karachi with an initial Rs.500 million estimated cost. The project was further expanded last year when the LEA announced another Rs.846 million project to install more surveillance cameras at important locations in the city in addition to the 1,000 cameras to meet the growing security challenges and help make the ongoing ‘targeted operation’ a success. Apart from its own surveillance system, the Karachi police supervise the KMC’s command and control centre at the Civic Centre after the Sindh government in September 2013 replaced the Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) with the law enforcement agency.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:00:52 +0000
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