Gwangju City and Autonomous Districts Jointly Utilize CCTV Video Information

LG Uplus Co., Ltd. and Innodep Co., Ltd. Sign MOU

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 27th that it signed a business cooperation agreement with ▲5 autonomous districts ▲LG Uplus Co., Ltd., the contracted company for the CCTV communication network construction project of the Gwangju CCTV Integrated Control Center ▲Innodep Co., Ltd., a video surveillance specialist company operating the video surveillance solution of the CCTV Integrated Control Center, agreeing to cooperate in jointly utilizing CCTV video information for illegal parking enforcement.

According to the agreement, the Gwangju CCTV Integrated Control Center will link 1,286 illegal parking enforcement CCTVs operated at 325 locations by the autonomous districts and utilize them as a citizen safety infrastructure for crime, disaster, and accident prevention.

Until now, Gwangju City installed and operated security CCTVs according to related laws such as the Child Welfare Act and the Pedestrian Safety Act, while the autonomous districts installed and operated CCTVs in child protection zones for illegal parking enforcement under the Road Traffic Act.

This agreement is an exemplary innovation case promoted by Gwangju City to improve the issue of CCTVs being installed in close proximity at the same locations due to each institution installing CCTVs according to their respective laws and purposes. It is the first metropolitan city to establish and promote a plan for joint utilization of video information.

Additionally, an integrated environment linking 1,286 enforcement CCTVs of the Gwangju CCTV Integrated Control Center and the 5 autonomous districts will be established, and 300 CCTVs currently operating in close proximity at the same locations will be relocated to newly designated areas. This will have the effect of newly installing a total of 1,586 CCTVs and is expected to save more than 5 billion KRW in budget.

In particular, the 300 CCTVs currently operating at the same locations will be relocated to crime-prone areas, aiming to alleviate over 1,000 CCTV installation requests from citizens to some extent.

Gwangju City plans to secure the budget for the joint utilization project of autonomous district CCTV video information in next year’s main budget and begin full-scale implementation from next year.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “We expect that the shared video information through this agreement will play a preventive role against various crimes and disasters,” and added, “I hope this will be an opportunity to build a dense social safety net and strengthen the safety of the Gwangju community through the power of solidarity where the city and autonomous districts communicate and cooperate.”

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