Source: http://thestar.com.my
THIRTEEN areas in Klang will be installed with CCTV cameras to monitor crime, traffic flow and natural disasters round the clock.
The CCTV cameras will be installed in busy streets, shopping malls, commercial centres, traffic light junctions and housing estates.
Klang Municipal Council president Datuk Mislan Tugiu said the move was aimed at checking various problems including traffic woes and crime.
See this: Mislan checking on the CCTV cameras with I-reponz team member Khairun Najahuddin at the control centre.
“We have a control centre at our office to monitor these areas round the clock.
“The CCTVs will enable us to check the traffic situation including congestion and road accidents, crime as well as natural disasters such as floods or landslides in these areas,’’ he said during a visit to the control room.
Mislan said the council was working closely with the police and that the local authority would be alerted when a crime occurred at a particular spot.
“We can also send in our team to ease traffic congestion or help police in their operation when the need arises,’’ he said.
Mislan said the CCTV cameras were installed under the Housing and Local Government Ministry programme.
At work: Members of the I-reponz team manning the control room.
He said the council’s Communications and Public Complaints Department would monitor the control centre after office hours.
“This way, the control room and the I-reponz team will be working more closely,’’ he said.
Council communications and public complaint director Norfiza Mahfiz said the public would be able to get better service through the integration of the control room and the hotline.
“It will help our team to have a clear idea of the situation on the ground, especially if the complaints come from the areas that have been installed with the CCTV cameras.
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