Riviera Maya, Q.R. — The Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC) says more than 1,800 private cameras have connected to the state’s C5. Julio Cesar Gómez Torres who heads the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), says they have joined the Quintana Roo Guardians 911 program.
Gómez Torres says to date, a total of 1,850 private cameras have joined the Guardians 911 program of collaborative video through which citizens can connect their private security cameras for monitoring from the Control, Command, Communications and Computing Center (C5) in Cancun.
“We have the Guardians 911 program and we’re quite advanced on the project. It’s collaborative videos. Citizens can connect their cameras to monitor the cameras they have outside their homes from the C5, which is something that helps us a lot with surveillance,” he explained.
He says at the state level, the agency has 2,900 cameras installed in various municipalities which is strengthening the prevention, response and investigation work carried out by the state Attorney General’s Office.
Gómez Torres says the program focuses on installing cameras in banks, hospitals, religious centers, commercial premises and private homes that have a view of roads. Cameras connected to the state’s C5 are then divided into two monitoring areas. One is for SSC cameras and another for the Guardians 911 program.
According to Gómez Torres, the goal is to place approximately 3,700 security cameras in strategic places in the various municipalities.
“We still need to keep adding more. I was once asked how many cameras would be ideal for a city to have? My answer was ‘as many as possible,’ which is why it is also important to add citizens’ cameras,” he explained.
Gómez Torres says despite the addition of their security cameras, more than 120 illegally installed cameras have been dismantled around the state. He says the video surveillance devices were installed without authorization and in prohibited areas.
In April, the SSC started an operation to review all video surveillance cameras throughout the state after locating illegally installed cameras, some of which were being used by criminal groups.
