The Madrid City Council connects the 9.000 EMT onboard cameras with the Municipal Police

The almost 9.000 cameras installed on board the bus fleet of the Municipal Transport Company (EMT) They will be connected to the video surveillance center of the Municipal Police of the Madrid City Council to increase security in the capital.

With the aim of improving urban security in Madrid, he consistory of the capital has decided to connect the 9.000 cameras installed on board the bus fleet of the Municipal Transport Company (EMT), composed of more than 2.150 vehicles, with the control and video surveillance center of the Municipal Police, since until now this system was only connected to an Alarm Receiving Center when an incident or emergency occurred, through the so-called 'panic button'.

With this integration, The control and security center of the Municipal Police of Madrid will receive the images for supervision in real time, assess the situation and act more effectively, whether an incident occurs inside the bus or if there is a health emergency, etc. to determine and activate the most appropriate system.

The onboard video surveillance system installed a few years ago in the bus fleet of the Municipal Transport Company (EMT) It is a pioneering and reference project in urban transport safety at an international level., carried out by the UTE VEA formed by Etra Group, Hit it y Plettac as integrators, with video surveillance and recording systems from suppliers Axis Communications y Dallmeier.

This innovative project was analyzed in detail by Digital Security Magazine, where in addition to detailing the terms of the same, equipment used and operation, Its operation is shown in an explanatory video.

More video surveillance in the center of the capital

Besides, the mayor of Madrid, Ana Botella, has also recently announced that the urban video surveillance system installed in the center will be expanded with 46 new network cameras, which will be operational at the end of this year, after achieving the approval of the Government Delegation, with the aim of offering greater security coverage in the commercial and leisure area of ​​the city center.

Fuencarral streets will also be added to this urban area that operates with closed circuit television., Precious, Carmen and Arenal; the section of Gran Vía de Callao to Plaza de España; Saint Dominic, Plaza de las Descalzas and Princesa street to Plaza de los Cubos. The Madrid City Council has indicated that the cost of the new video surveillance installation in these areas will be about 600.000 euros.