translation anyone? Not that powerful on this language :*:
JOHOR BARU: Police are to have access to real-time CCTV surveillance footage from shopping malls and other business premises as well as strategic areas under local councils to help them combat crime.
CCTV cameras in residential areas too are to be connected to the interactive system that begins in Johor before being introduced to Kuala Lumpur and Selangor followed by the rest of the country.
The CCTV feeds are to be conveyed to police patrol units, MPVs and motorcycles via a centralised command centre under the system which Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein launched here yesterday as the start of the second phase of the Government's National Key Results Area (NKRA) for crime.
He saw a four-minute demonstration video clip which showed how the RM95mil system works at the Johor police headquarters, the command centre for the state.
Hishammuddin said: “This is the Government's answer to the rakyat's request for faster police action (against crime) and I believe the system will make them more efficient and quick.”
He added that the system was a mechanism to ensure that every crime reported would be handled smoothly without any miscommunication between the patrol units and the command centre.
The minister also said that emergency response boxes would be installed in strategic locations state-wide for the public to communicate with the police about any crime. “They just have to push the emergency button and speak into the intercom.”
Hishammuddin said the system required cooperation between the public and private sectors and urged companies to come forward.
He hoped to get feedback in three weeks from the police and local councils on the system to see how his ministry could help coordinate cooperation among all involved and improve the initiative.
In PETALING JAYA, Pemandu crime reduction NKRA senior manager Nishan Veera Kumar said the system would include CCTV systems ofshopping malls in light of several robberies at their car parks in the past month.
“Our aim is to have this system fully operational in Johor by 2013 and it is set to be a force multiplier for police there.
“There will easily be more than 300 CCTV cameras (in the state alone) incorporated into the system,” he said.
Nishan said the Johor Baru City Council would have 50 CCTV cameras in place while Iskandar Regional Development Authority has proposed 250.
He added that the system will also include privately owned CCTV cameras from shopping malls and business premises.
“The system will also promote better asset management for police by giving their patrol cars more accurate locations when they are dispatched to crime scenes.
“We will also be able to get live video streaming from the patrol cars to the command centre,” he said.
Johor CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Datuk Amer Awal welcomed the initiative, saying it gave the police “more eyes” to monitor criminal activity.
We were the family whose red car was parked at the car porch (just wanted to see how it fits). As we drove around the neighbourhood, we noticed a family who we waved to while their kid was playing at the playground, a couple driving around in a Johor car and a guy standing beside his car outside a house (assuming it's his).
