Sharjah: Sharjah Police have completed the installation of 11,304 high-tech CCTV surveillance cameras in the emirate of Sharjah, officials said.
Major General Saif Al Ziri Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of the Sharjah Police, said the project to install surveillance cameras around Sharjah is now 60 per cent complete in Sharjah City, 20 per cent in the Central Region, and 20 per cent in the Eastern Region. The project’s coverage in Sharjah City accounts for 40 per cent, the Central Region for 10 per cent, and the Eastern Region for 10 per cent. He pointed out that the total number of surveillance cameras is 11,304, including 500 analytical surveillance cameras, 750 cameras that detect vehicle licence plates, and 10,054 early alarm warning cameras.
Sharjah: Over 11,300 cameras help police ensure safety
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Major-General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of the Sharjah Police.
3 types of cameras installed in Sharjah, including ones that detect vehicle licence plates.
Over 11,300 surveillance cameras help the Sharjah Police ensure security in the Emirate. Of these, 500 are analytical surveillance cameras; 750 detect vehicle licence plates; and 10,054 are early alarm warning ones.
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These are part of a project to instal surveillance cameras across Sharjah, state news agency Wam quoted Major-General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of the Sharjah Police, as saying.
Sharjah: Sharjah City Municipality continued its inspection campaigns to evict bachelors and violators from the family areas in Sharjah City, in cooperation with Sharjah police and Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority.
This move comes in line with the directives of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah.
Thabit Al Turaifi, Director General of Sharjah Municipality, said that the civic authority has carried out 3,000 inspections, which has resulted in the eviction of 13,000 violators and bachelors so far. The inspection teams have taken the necessary legal and administrative measures against all kinds of illegal housing. He pointed out that the Sharjah Municipality has expanded the scope of these campaigns to include residential towers in several areas of the emirate.
Major General Saif Al Zari Al Shamsi, Commander-in-Chief of the Sharjah Police, has said that the UAE’s security system has significantly progressed over the past 50 years.
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