<p>Bengaluru will get over 16,000 surveillance cameras, face recognition technology and predictive policing as the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a Rs 667-crore plan to make the city safe for women under the Nirbhaya scheme. </p>.<p>The “Safe City Project” will be implemented over a three-year period, Law Minister J C Madhuswamy said. </p>.<p>“The Cabinet has approved the request for proposal based on a plan submitted by the Bengaluru city police commissioner,” Madhuswamy said. “The Centre will give 60% of the funds, whereas the state will foot the remaining 40%.”</p>.<p>The plan involves 7,500 day/night surveillance cameras, 5,000 fixed cameras with server-based video analytics, 1,000 pan tilt zoom cameras, 1,000 automated number plate recognition cameras, 500 facial recognition cameras and 1,100 body worn cameras.</p>.<p>As many as 126 workstations will be set up to monitor the video feed and do incidence management. </p>.<p>All of this will be connected to a 40-seat Command and Control Centre and two such centres that will be mobile. </p>.<p>Also, the city police will take up GIS-based crime mapping for predictive policing. </p>.<p>“It is proposed to create safety islands for women that will be monitored 24x7. There will be a panic button installed that women in distress can press to seek help. A hooter will start ringing and the nearest police station and patrol vehicle will be alerted,” Madhuswamy explained. </p>.<p>The government will send the proposal to the Centre by the end of this month, the minister said. </p>.<p>It is also planned to open women police outposts and set up women help desks in police stations. </p>.<p>Earlier this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs chose Bengaluru and seven other metropolitan cities to pilot Safe City projects.</p>
<p>Bengaluru will get over 16,000 surveillance cameras, face recognition technology and predictive policing as the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a Rs 667-crore plan to make the city safe for women under the Nirbhaya scheme. </p>.<p>The “Safe City Project” will be implemented over a three-year period, Law Minister J C Madhuswamy said. </p>.<p>“The Cabinet has approved the request for proposal based on a plan submitted by the Bengaluru city police commissioner,” Madhuswamy said. “The Centre will give 60% of the funds, whereas the state will foot the remaining 40%.”</p>.<p>The plan involves 7,500 day/night surveillance cameras, 5,000 fixed cameras with server-based video analytics, 1,000 pan tilt zoom cameras, 1,000 automated number plate recognition cameras, 500 facial recognition cameras and 1,100 body worn cameras.</p>.<p>As many as 126 workstations will be set up to monitor the video feed and do incidence management. </p>.<p>All of this will be connected to a 40-seat Command and Control Centre and two such centres that will be mobile. </p>.<p>Also, the city police will take up GIS-based crime mapping for predictive policing. </p>.<p>“It is proposed to create safety islands for women that will be monitored 24x7. There will be a panic button installed that women in distress can press to seek help. A hooter will start ringing and the nearest police station and patrol vehicle will be alerted,” Madhuswamy explained. </p>.<p>The government will send the proposal to the Centre by the end of this month, the minister said. </p>.<p>It is also planned to open women police outposts and set up women help desks in police stations. </p>.<p>Earlier this year, the Ministry of Home Affairs chose Bengaluru and seven other metropolitan cities to pilot Safe City projects.</p>
