Gwangju City to Install and Replace 1,123 Security CCTVs This Year

4.4 Billion Won Invested... Expected to Eliminate Safety Blind Spots and Establish a Detailed Control System

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 18th that it will invest 4.4 billion KRW this year to install and replace 1,123 security CCTVs.

This project includes ▲installation of 126 security CCTVs ▲linking 156 illegal parking enforcement CCTVs ▲relocation of 249 overlapping CCTVs ▲installation of 276 emergency bells ▲replacement of 592 outdated CCTVs.

In particular, following last year, 126 security CCTVs will be installed at 42 locations this year, and an additional 156 illegal parking enforcement CCTVs will be linked at 52 locations.

The 249 security CCTVs at 83 locations that were installed together with parking enforcement CCTVs will be relocated to other requested installation areas to resolve civil complaints and eliminate blind spots in safety.

Additionally, since the CCTVs installed at the CCTV Integrated Control Center opened in 2013 have been in use for 10 years, resulting in degraded functionality and image quality, a ‘Replacement of Outdated CCTVs’ project will be carried out concurrently with a special disaster safety grant of 1.5 billion KRW and 300 million KRW from city funds. This is expected to enable more detailed monitoring.

Especially this year, the selection of locations for security CCTVs and emergency bells will maximize efficiency by reflecting priorities based on big data analysis using basic data such as floating population, population distribution, and crime status, targeting the list of installation requests from civil complaints.

In this regard, Gwangju City signed a design service contract for four projects including CCTV installation in January and is proceeding with it. The final candidate sites will be selected through the Gwangju City Video Information Processing Device Operation Committee’s review, followed by administrative procedures such as public notice, with full-scale installation planned from May.

Last year, by linking 1,101 illegal parking enforcement CCTVs with the Integrated Control Center, the total number of CCTVs increased from 7,816 to 8,917, achieving a 14% increase effect.

Park Nam-eon, Director of the City’s Citizen Safety Office, said, “Security CCTVs are essential facilities for crime prevention and disaster prevention to ensure citizen safety,” and added, “We will continue to expand CCTVs and do our best to improve their performance to respond efficiently to various incidents and accidents.”

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