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Hong Kong police to install 15 CCTV camera sets in Mong Kok in March, 600 more across city by midyear
- Police are planning to install surveillance cameras in high-crime public areas across city’s 18 districts to ensure public security
- Force says CCTV cameras can have a significant deterrent effect on violent street crimes
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Police will install 15 sets of surveillance cameras in Hong Kong’s busy Mong Kok district next month, the first phase of a plan to place more than 600 devices in crime hotspots by midyear for public safety purposes.
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The force said on Friday that it was studying the feasibility of using a surveillance system powered by artificial intelligence technology to facilitate law enforcement.
In a paper submitted to the Legislative Council, the Security Bureau and police unveiled details of their plan to install CCTV cameras in public areas with high crime rates and pedestrian flows across the city’s 18 districts to ensure public security and boost crime prevention and detection.
“The installation of CCTV cameras in public places has been particularly effective in preventing crime,” the paper said, adding the devices could have a significant deterrent effect on violent and serious street crimes.
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