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 becoming an entry tool for crime prevention and detection.
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 Nothing happening, advanced tools such as AI-based software cannot process data.
Even today, many people do not have CCTV 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 integration of CCTV cameras from private and government companies and local authorities such as city corporations.
The government aims to have a central command equipped with advanced video analytic technology to connect this, where the legal framework is needed,” added the source.
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 aim is not to carry out unnecessary supervision of 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, data maintenance policy and share video feeds with law enforcement agency, “the official said.