And while the city takes care of green spaces - the police want to cover every other part of the city. BTL and the police department have teamed up for a matrix of security cameras to cover the city.
And while that's expected, what you might not have known is that the police are also looking to add facial recognition features:..
Reporter
"We see a new camera being installed at corner of King and Albert Streets. We are told this camera will work with facial recognition. Is this a new level of surveillance you are trying to put on the society?"
Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police
"Yes you will see a number of these cameras across the city. We are currently embarking on a project with BTL where we are installing cameras with different features. We are looking at cameras with facial recognition, as well as there will be some that will be able to do vehicle license plate as well. This is all a part of our crime fighting strategy in the city. If you has listened to the prime minister's 21st of September speech, he did alluded to the fact that police and BTL are in collaboration to install these cameras across the city, so we have started that project. It will be piloted for December and January and after the pilot is over then we go full scale. I must also state that we are also in collaboration with the Taiwanese Embassy who will also be deploying and additional 100 cameras for us in Belize City. So I can see a bright future for Belize City in the sense that we will have the entire city under surveillance on a 24 hours basis, because the cameras do have night vision capabilities."
Email
Print