Gandhinagar: If all applies to the state government, the installation of at least one CCTV camera faces the road and gives its local police to be used in prevention and detection of crime will be required by law at the beginning of next year.
Sources that are highly placed say some senior officers and IPS are being consulted to bring a lifelong draft to regulate and integrate the use of CCTVs throughout private and public buildings in the state.
The draft is likely to be submitted in the Assembly budget session.
Sources close to the development say that so far, commercial companies are included in police notifications for standard CCTV installations.
The proposed law will also discuss the community and housing colonies.
Along with involving departments such as urban development, roads and buildings and the like, the government also sought legal advice to ensure that the proposed legal provisions were not challenged in court.
“CCTVs are increasingly being an incoming tool for the prevention and detection of crime.
Thus, greater coverage will definitely help.
The idea behind the draft is to ensure that the quality of the camera, angle, and other specifications such as storage, height, online access is standardized.
If This is not a problem, sophisticated tools such as AI-based software cannot process data.
Even today, many people do not have CCTVs or have useless data, “said a senior state government official.
“Other personal places such as temples, schools, and the like connected with a police network with effective and high-quality CCTV camera networks.” “Until now, there is no CCTV camera bait integration from private and government companies and local authorities such as city companies.
The government aims to have a central command equipped with advanced video analysis technology to connect this, where the legal framework is needed,” the source added.
Officials said that CCTV networks and the laws of other countries were being studied, with countries intending to follow the Karnataka model closer.
For larger communities, state authorities can request installation of one or more cameras facing the road and giving them to the cluster center.
“The intention is not to carry out unnecessary supervision in the personal life of citizens, but with changes in the nature of crime, supervision has also changed throughout the world.
We may go for a legal framework to enforce the integrated CCTV camera network, integrated data maintenance.
Policy and Share Video Feeds with law enforcement agencies, “the official said.
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