Incheon City to Install and Replace 2,500 CCTV Cameras by 2028 with Over 20% Being Intelligent Systems

Incheon City announced on the 13th that it plans to spend a total of 21 billion KRW from next year until 2028 to newly install or replace 2,500 CCTV cameras.

The city will increase the number of intelligent CCTVs equipped with the latest technology and sequentially replace 947 low-resolution CCTVs with less than 2 million pixels. Intelligent CCTVs analyze video in real time to detect and classify moving objects and automatically identify predefined incidents, enabling 24-hour monitoring.

The city also plans to raise the penetration rate of intelligent CCTVs from the current 17% to over 20% by 2028. Currently, each monitoring staff member at the integrated control centers of the 10 districts monitors an average of 300 to 400 CCTVs, which lowers concentration and reveals the limitations of visual monitoring. Therefore, by increasing the deployment of intelligent CCTVs, the city aims to strengthen the safety network for citizens.

Incheon City Disaster and Safety Situation Room
Photo by Incheon City

Since 2008, Incheon City has secured national and city funds annually to support CCTV installation projects in the 10 districts. As of September this year, a total of 21,841 CCTVs are installed and operating, including 19,488 crime prevention and investigation CCTVs, 1,032 facility safety and fire prevention CCTVs, and 1,321 traffic information collection and enforcement CCTVs.

Park Chan-hoon, head of the Citizen Safety Headquarters of Incheon City, said, "We will strive to eliminate safety blind spots by increasing the number of crime prevention CCTVs installed to about 70 units per 10,000 citizens by 2025."

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