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More Than 53,000 Cameras to Monitor Mexico City Schools as Classes Resume

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mexico City’s C5 will use 53,788 surveillance cameras to monitor areas around public and private preschools, primary schools and secondary schools as classes resume.
  • The system includes cameras mounted at different heights, 360-degree monitoring towers and emergency buttons.
  • C5 Coordinator General Salvador Guerrero Chiprés said coverage exceeds 99% at public schools and 96% at private schools.

Mexico City will deploy 53,788 surveillance cameras around schools as students return to classes, according to the city’s Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center, known as C5.

The system covers public and private preschools, primary schools and secondary schools. C5 has 29,293 cameras near public schools and 24,495 near private institutions.

Coordinator General Salvador Guerrero Chiprés said the plan includes STV cameras installed at heights of nine and 20 meters, as well as new-generation monitoring towers with 360-degree vision and emergency buttons.

He said the infrastructure provides coverage of more than 99% of public schools and more than 96% of private schools. The C5 also operates Mexico City’s 911 emergency line around the clock, seven days a week, to handle incidents of all kinds.

The C5 monitoring infrastructure provides coverage of more than 99% of public schools and more than 96% of private schools.

— Salvador Guerrero ChiprésThe C5 coordinator described the surveillance coverage around schools.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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