CCTV Crime Stoppers

November 11, 2013

The Deputy Prime Minister has set up an innovative CCTV crime stopping project named “Miracle Eyes” to take care of security of life and property for people and society in the region of the Bangkok Metropolitan Police Bureau.

Police Gen. Pracha Phromnork (Deputy Prime Minister), Police Gen. Adool Saengsingkaew (Director-General of the National Police Bureau), Police Major Gen. Adool Narongsak (Deputy Commissioner) and Police Col. Suchart Wongananchai [The Chairman Committee of TOT (public) Co., Ltd.], together made a joint statement of setting up an innovative project for a Crime Operation Centre. This would use CCTV surveillance cameras in order to protect the public and reduce crime and will be called “The Project of Miracle Eyes.” It is a co-operation between the Office of National Police Bureau, Metropolitan Police Bureau and Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and for this project, the TOT (public) Co., Ltd. will provide the information and technology used by TOT Co. Ltd.

Police Major Gen. Adool Narongsak (Deputy Commissioner) said that this project is regarded as an important alteration for the protection and subduing of crime that has been increasing every year. Therefore TOT Co., Ltd. will cooperate with the Metropolitan Police Bureau to develop a CCTV system to an effective device in protecting and reducing crime. This will find evidence in various cases such as the investigation of traffic accidents. By using the information technology of CCTV and an advanced communication via the network of internet, it will be one more technology that will be used to enhance the efficiency of police work. The information from the CCTV can be used to scrutinize and investigate if there is any suspicious event. It can also bring a recorded picture from the incident scene to help make a plan for reducing crime at that place and also can be used the recorded picture from CCTV footage after the incident occurred, to investigate, detect and follow up criminals as an optional and proper method.

Police Major Gen. Adool continued to say that they have set up the operation center at 88-Police Stations that belong to the Metropolitan Police Bureau and the control center will be at the Thai Traffic Police Offices. When there is an incident in a place that is set up with CCTV, then the signal system will inform the control center and the police station in the incident area. After that, the police will evaluate the situation and inform the inspectors to go to the incident area within 5-10 minutes. This project has the Desire to install the CCTV network all over Bangkok, totaling 100,000 machines within the year 2014. It will install 1,000,000 CCTV cameras within 3-years, with the installation places to be divided into two main groups, which are Government House, Parliamentary Houses of VIPs (important persons) and the public sector, that are the premises of the private business sector plus houses of residents.