10,000 spy cameras in Bangkok

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10,000 spy cameras in Bangkok
Published: 30/06/2011 at 04:14 PM
Bangkok Post: Online news: Crimes
 
There are now 10,000 CCTV cameras operating in Bangkok to make the capital safer, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Thursday.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) had installed the 10,000 surveillance  cameras near junctions and in areas where there was a high crime risk, and near schools, hospitals, community areas and important places around the capital, he said.

The city's CCTV cameras had so far recorded  652 crimes and other incidents - robberies, physical assault and other crimes,  and accidents,  in both risk areas and community areas, said MR Sukhumbhand.   

[nookiebear]

They may have recorded all the said events but how many people have been arrested & convicted

[Puba]

652 crimes and other incidents Wow that's too much, I think police are useless in BKK.

[den Buut]

We didn't solve the crime, but now we have the footage to prove it happened.

[isanbirder]

It says 'so far' without mentioning the period covered, so it's hard to say 'too much'  (except that even one crime or accident is 'too much'!).  Also many of the incidents may have been minor traffic accidents;  again, it doesn't say.