New cameras for more security

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The 'Camera Plan 2010-2012' provides an increase of surveillance cameras in the police zone. Besides increasing the number of cameras, much attention goes to the modernization: a better image quality and a better analysis and spreading of the images. In that way, all the different divisions of the police will soon have direct access to the images. The total budget of the camera plan is 8 million euros.

Criteria for placement

With the security cameras it is possible to improve the work of the police. The places where the cameras will be installed, have been carefully selected according to 5 criteria:

• mobility: intersections
• public order: axes where manifestations take place
• crime: neighborhoods where criminal offenses, prostitution, ... often arise
• local specificity: neighborhoods with cultural and tourist attractions that attract a large audience
• special protection and monitoring: places with national, community, regional and local institutions (European district, NATO, the SEVESO sites,...)

Protection of privacy

The cameras are installed and used in accordance with the standards for the protection of privacy and the law on the cameras. They do not allow to see what happens in private buildings. Moreover, all the cameras are subjected to an installation permit from the municipality, the region and, possibly, the service of monuments and landscapes.