More technological eyes are patrolling the streets. The Department of Citizen Security is still adding more surveillance cameras to the network in the municipality. The Cartagena City Council wants to hire a business to put in and supply more than 60 video surveillance cameras on roadways and access points in urban districts of Cartagena.
The City Council is accepting proposals from businesses who want to provide this service until October 21. The starting price is €140,495.87, which is the base tender budget without taxes.
The contract will run for four months, or until the base tender budget is exhausted, whichever comes first. During this time, at least 67 bullet-type cameras must be installed and put into use. These cameras must be outdoor wireless IP cameras with a solar kit and a built-in 4G transmission router. Additionally, at least 67 ANPR licences with licence plate readers must be obtained so that the cameras can be connected to an extra channel for integration into the City Council’s current management platform.
There won’t be any civil construction or more poles or supports needed because the cameras will be put on existing lighting or traffic light poles. But the contractor will be in charge of using the lifting equipment, extra supplies, extra machinery, tools, and other equipment needed for the full installation and commissioning.
It’s vital to remember that these cameras don’t need a power cord or electrical connection because they come with a solar kit that includes panels and batteries so they can work on their own.
It is suggested that cameras be evenly spread out across the several areas of the municipality at first.
The City Councillor for Citizen Security, José Ramón Llorca, is very interested in this initiative because it is part of the Comprehensive Municipal Security Plan. This project also includes building new police stations, updating the fleet, and adding more video cameras to neighbourhoods and districts.
In April of last year, 59 more cameras were put up, bringing the total number of cameras in the video surveillance network to almost 100. If all goes as planned, this network will keep growing until the conclusion of the legislative term, with the goal of having about 300 cameras in use by 2027.
The Security Park Control Room keeps an eye on this video surveillance system. It helps with traffic control and makes neighbourhoods, provincial councils, and heritage and tourist sites like the Molinete and the Decumanus Maximus archaeological remains safer.
This week, the new Local Police headquarters in Cuesta Blanca will also open. This is after the previous petrol station was renovated. The facility will increase police presence in the western section of the municipality and will serve the districts of Cuesta Blanca, Molinos Marfagones, Perín, Tallante, and the territories around them.
The building, which is around 145 square metres in size, has been changed from its old usage as a petrol station to make it suitable for police use. It has offices, a break room, a gun room, an archive, bathrooms, extra space, and outside parking.
The Los Dolores neighbourhood is already building a new police station. The structure is going erected on a piece of city land between La Vía and Río Narcea streets. It will be one story tall and 300 square metres.
The City Council will turn the old provincial council school in La Aljorra into the seventh Local Police Station, with help from the regional government.
Author: Derek Appleton
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