Mijas will install more than 150 video cameras at up to 85 "key" points in the municipality.

More citizen security and better traffic control. With these goals, the Mijas Town Hall plans to install up to 154 video cameras at a total of 85 locations throughout the municipality. In this operation, the municipal government will invest up to 2.64 million euros, an amount that includes the supply, installation, commissioning of the system, and maintenance for four years. The devices must be operational within a nine-month period from the formalization of the contract, which the Town Hall has just put out to tender.

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The Town Hall will deploy a network of 48 video cameras for citizen security and 106 for traffic control, 154 in total.

Of the total, 48 video cameras will be dedicated to citizen security, while 106 will be used for traffic control, all in areas considered "strategic" by the Town Hall. The deployment will take place in "key locations," such as entrances to the municipality, commercial areas, residential areas, and "other sensitive points" identified by local authorities, "in order to optimize the capacity for supervision and response to incidents," according to the project report accessed by SUR.

The selected zones are a result of the analysis carried out by the Local Police, from "accumulated experience," and from the demands of the residents

The selected zones are a result of the analysis performed by the Local Police, from "accumulated experience," and the demands of the residents. Those intended for citizen security are related to areas where there are "situations of crimes against property, commerce, people or public health," in addition to including sports areas and gathering places "where there is a risk of altercation or incident." The Virgen de la Peña and Constitution squares, the Compás avenue, or the Muralla walkway are some of these points, and in some roads and urbanizations, they will be installed with the dual purpose of citizen security and traffic control.

In real-time and license plates

The video surveillance system is designed to provide "real-time coverage," aiding the Mijas Local Police in managing public security and monitoring traffic. The installed cameras will "continuously observe the most important areas, enabling the identification of risk situations or events that require the intervention of security forces." In this way, "it is expected not only to improve the perception of security among citizens but also to increase the effectiveness of police interventions," the Town Hall argues.

The Town Hall will monitor the accesses to Mijas to "facilitate the search and control of the presence of vehicles involved in actions or events under police investigation"

The project is designed to take advantage of the latest video surveillance technologies, incorporating high-resolution IP cameras, some of which allow reading license plates, which will transmit images in real-time to the Control Center (CECOM) located at the Police Headquarters. "The technology used will allow centralized management of the supervision of the most critical areas of Mijas, virtually elevating the presence of police on the streets," explains the Town Hall.

In the case of traffic control with vehicle identification, the accesses to the municipality have been included, such as the roundabouts on the La Cala boulevard that connect with the A-7 or the roundabout of the AP-7 in Calahonda or at the junction of the highway with the A-387, with the aim of "facilitating the search and control of the presence of vehicles involved in actions or events under police investigation."