Malaysia soon to link surveillance cameras to police station

Malaysia will soon have tens of thousands of surveillance cameras – all linked to state police contingents and Bukit Aman – to monitor all corners and alleys, ultimately to increase public safety.
Dubbed the “Safecam Partnership” initiative, the police are coming up with a better method to link privately owned cameras to their central command centre (CCC) in all states and police headquarters.

In line with the United Against Crime concept, the collaboration between the force and owners of private premises forms the biggest surveillance network in the country.

A big number of owners of private premises have agreed to register their surveillance devices with the police, which enables the law enforcement agency to have access to their cameras.

The first stage has already started, focusing on crime hotspots in six states – Johor, Selangor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Kedah and Kelantan – with more than 3,340 cameras connected to command centers of state police contingents.

Federal Crime Prevention department director Comm Datuk Ayub Yaakob said the program's goal was to link 40,282 cameras to the police's CCC this year.