Taipei cops launch $68.9M GPS-enabled surveillance
Police in Taipei have started using a combination of Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System and security cameras and satellite images to boost their anticrime efforts.
The New Taipei Police activated these technologies Wednesday in their cutting-edge Intelligence Integrated Center (IIC), Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported.
New Taipei Deputy Mayor Hou Yu-ih estimated the installation of the new surveillance system will cost NT$2 billion (US$68.94 million), but said the benefits will outweigh the cost. The CNA report said the IIC can integrate information provided by GPS, GIS and the “110" hotline telephone reporting system, to pinpoint the location of an incident so police can be quickly dispatched there.
