Alcalá la Real becomes a smart city thanks to Mobotix

In six points of the municipality they have been installed 13 high resolution IP cameras Mobotix con 11 infrared spotlights, connected to a recording center located in the Local Police.

He Alcalá la Real Town Hall (Jaen) promotes the technological modernization of the municipality as a tourist destination through the development of a series of actions based on information and communication technologies. With it, look for a safer city, and? Local Police can have real-time access, with simultaneous vision, of traffic, on the axes and main points of the area.

As the basis of the project, and by the hand of IP Life, official distributor of Mobotix, A system has been implemented to control traffic in the most touristic and commercial axes. Six points in the municipality have 13 high resolution IP cameras with 11 infrared spotlights, connected to a recording center located in the Local Police. With the improvement, in retrospect, traffic control has been included, the industrial axes and entrances/exits of the municipality.

Once underway, regardless of the previous project, and knowing the functionality of Mobotix smart cameras, access control needs were detected. Cameras have been installed in the Mota Fortress, in three tourist houses in the Las Cruces neighborhood and two in El Silo.

Besides, punctually, with the pandemic, Cameras were also used to control capacity, such as for counting entries and exits from the fairgrounds during the San Mateo Fair in September 2021.

“We must highlight the involvement and support of Vida IP in the project, as well as their professionalism and knowledge of the solution to be implemented”, points out Lola Ramirez, responsible for the IT department of the Alcalá la Real City Council.

The duration of the initial project smart city, maintenance included, It's been five years. Finished, The City Council continues to rely on Mobotix technology, working with the cameras and keeping them out of the project.

Benefits for the council

Thanks to Mobotix security cameras, The Local Police and Civil Guard have been allowed to resolve traffic accidents and some recordings have been used in court.. “The comment of a judge to whom we sent a recording who said that with that he no longer needed witnesses is anecdotal.”, comments Ramirez.

In addition, Traffic control through the security system with cameras has improved and facilitated operations from City Hall. In fact, from what was initially contemplated to the present, due to the success of the solution, The number of installed cameras has been increased.

“Mobotix technology provides us with integrated functionalities, like reading license plates, something essential for the project we have undertaken. Besides, It is a very versatile service that makes it easier for us to count people, motion detection or heat maps, to highlight some of the features”, indica Inma Mudarra, Councilor for Digital Government and Transparency of the Alcalá la Real City Council, at the time of start-up.

The councilor emphasizes that “all these improvements are steps forward in a modern administration.”, close to the citizen, adapted to the digital age, that comes to reinforce the citizen security of our municipality, while facilitating a provision of more complete and efficient resources”.

Installed solutions:

• 2 M73 (AND + Vaxror license plate recognition)
• 3 P26 (AND)
• 4 M16 (IR with LPF filter)
• 5 D15 (with LPF lenses)
• 7 Q25