There are currently 1483 closed circuit ("CCTV") cameras in public places in Ulaanbaatar and these are being monitored by 56 police officers from the City Police Department. As of October 2016, by having the cameras the police department were able to intervene in 52 crimes and have made 163 prosecutions for administrative offences. These numbers only relate to the cases only where they were able to intervene while the crime was ongoing -there are thousands of other offences and crimes where they made prosecutions with the help of the cameras.
Unfortunately, 376 of the above mentioned 1483 cameras are broken and not operational. Erdenebold J, the head of the City Police Department, made a public plea requesting support to fix or exchange the broken units.
The Vice-Mayor of the City has stated that the cameras coming under the responsibility of the city office should be updated. As for the cameras in the districts, the budgets for the districts for the upcoming year will allow the districts to take care of their cameras also. There should be a centralised control system for any new cameras. In my view, we should invest in new cameras rather than attempt to fix old cameras.
The City Council members have revealed that making the Ulaanbaatar fully covered by CCTV camera would have a real influence on the “Safe City” project, the aim of which is to give citizens safe and peaceful lives. They also revealed having a centralised control system under the City Police Department will also make it easier to have a successful and proactive criminal investigation and prosecution process.
The Council has mandated the City Police Department to fix any broken cameras, and make an assessment of new CCTV camera locations, before upcoming new year.
The City Mayor Office’s press department announced that the Bayanzurkh District is fully under covered in terms of CCTV, and that the City could also be fully covered before the new year if it was able to fix its existing cameras.
There are currently 1483 closed circuit ("CCTV") cameras in public places in Ulaanbaatar and these are being monitored by 56 police officers from the City Police Department. As of October 2016, by having the cameras the police department were able to intervene in 52 crimes and have made 163 prosecutions for administrative offences. These numbers only relate to the cases only where they were able to intervene while the crime was ongoing -there are thousands of other offences and crimes where they made prosecutions with the help of the cameras.
Unfortunately, 376 of the above mentioned 1483 cameras are broken and not operational. Erdenebold J, the head of the City Police Department, made a public plea requesting support to fix or exchange the broken units.
The Vice-Mayor of the City has stated that the cameras coming under the responsibility of the city office should be updated. As for the cameras in the districts, the budgets for the districts for the upcoming year will allow the districts to take care of their cameras also. There should be a centralised control system for any new cameras. In my view, we should invest in new cameras rather than attempt to fix old cameras.
The City Council members have revealed that making the Ulaanbaatar fully covered by CCTV camera would have a real influence on the “Safe City” project, the aim of which is to give citizens safe and peaceful lives. They also revealed having a centralised control system under the City Police Department will also make it easier to have a successful and proactive criminal investigation and prosecution process.
The Council has mandated the City Police Department to fix any broken cameras, and make an assessment of new CCTV camera locations, before upcoming new year.
The City Mayor Office’s press department announced that the Bayanzurkh District is fully under covered in terms of CCTV, and that the City could also be fully covered before the new year if it was able to fix its existing cameras.