The cameras in TransMilenio are not monitored, according to the Personería

On April 14, a report was released that reveals the problems in the handling of security surveillance cameras in TransMilenio. These revelations came after the visit of the personería to the Command, Control, Communications and Computing Center (C4).

In the report, known to Caracol Radio, it says that apart from the effects of TransMilenio, there are also problems for the safety of emergency areas in the health subnets, which should be interconnected with the command and control center.

Among the findings of the Personería, it stands out that of the 28,017 cameras installed on the buses of Bogotá's massive transport system, none would be connected to the Transmilenio CDEG Management Center. In addition, within the 140 stations of the TransMilenio trunk, only 25 have surveillance interconnected to the C4 and none of the main portals have this connection.

On the other hand, the report, revealed by the radio, found that 186 cameras located in emergency units, of the 4 subnets of health services in Bogotá, none are connected to the C4 surveillance system.

According to the document, El C4 has 6,380 cameras distributed in the different locations of Bogotá, but that at the exits of the city there is no capacity to identify what is happening at that time.

Because of these irregularities that were found, the Personería asked the District Administration to take steps to ensure that the system is interconnected in its entirety.

During the security council, held this Thursday, March 17 at the José Joaquín Vargas Park in the town of Barrios Unidos, led by Mayor Claudia López, it was announced that homicides have been reduced in the capital and that strategies are being defined to combat theft in the capital.

“Homicide in Bogotá, so far this year, has fallen by more than 20%, we are above the goal we set for the year: which was to reduce homicide by 15%. We want to reach the highest reduction in Bogota's history. Last year was painful and difficult, and Barrios Unidos is the champion, it is the town that has not had a single homicide throughout the year,” said the president.

Thus, in the company of the Secretary for Security, Coexistence and Justice, Aníbal Fernández de Soto, the junior mayor of Barrios Unidos, Antonio Carrillo and the district cabinet, the bourgomaster pondered that between January 1 and March 15, homicides showed a reduction of 21.2%, compared to the same period in 2021.

The cases rose from 198 to 156.

In this regard, Secretary Carrillo pondered that not a single violent death had been recorded in Barrios Unidos as of March 15. “The important message for the community of Barrios Unidos is that this is a town that generally has good safety indicators, although there are, as in any part of Bogotá, challenges.”

But it was not only homicide that was reduced, other high-impact crimes that decreased, between January 1 and March 15 of this year, compared to the same period in 2021, were: shoplifting that showed a reduction of 35.16%; in residential theft the reduction was 35.11%; bicycle theft was reduced by 25.23% and finally cell phone theft showed a reduction of 5.20%.

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