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Salto plans monitoring center and 500 AI-powered surveillance cameras

From El País · () Spanish

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

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  • Salto’s departmental government announced plans to install 500 AI-linked surveillance cameras, adding to 350 Interior Ministry cameras already operating in the city.
  • The plan includes a municipal guard for monitoring public spaces and a monitoring center connected directly to the departmental police headquarters.
  • Authorities said installation will occur in stages, with half of the cameras targeted for completion before the end of the year.

Salto’s departmental government plans to install 500 surveillance cameras connected to an artificial intelligence system as part of a new security initiative. The cameras would supplement the 350 already operated by Uruguay’s Interior Ministry across the city.

Departmental Intendant Carlos Albisu said a decree to establish a Municipal Guard would be submitted to the Salto Departmental Board on Monday, the 7th. The guard would monitor and protect public spaces.

Let it be clear that this is a policy of permanent collaboration, because the Police are the ones who can intervene in situations where a municipality clearly cannot.

· Carlos AlbisuSalto’s intendant described the planned municipal security system as support for the police.

Albisu said he had met Interior Minister Carlos Negro to present the plan. It also calls for a monitoring center modeled on facilities operating in the departments of Florida and Maldonado. Salto municipal employees would run the center, which would maintain direct communication with a similar facility at the departmental police headquarters.

Technical reports cited by Albisu concluded that the 500 new cameras would cover the urban area because 92% of the department’s population lives in the departmental capital. He also said better street lighting formed part of the effort.

That is why it is essential that we provide all the information within our reach.

· Carlos AlbisuAlbisu explained why the municipal monitoring center would communicate with the police.

The municipality plans to redistribute existing staff rather than incur additional personnel costs. “Let it be clear that this is a policy of permanent collaboration, because the Police are the ones who can intervene in situations where a municipality clearly cannot,” Albisu said. “That is why it is essential that we provide all the information within our reach.”

Pablo Da Cunda, the municipality’s director of Innovation and Development, said Salto would rent the cameras from a provider. The company would handle installation, maintenance, replacement and cleaning, and would renew obsolete equipment. Da Cunda said the analytical and AI capabilities would allow operators to monitor multiple cameras and generate alerts about events in the city. Authorities said they aim to install half the cameras before the end of the year.

The provider handles installation, maintenance, replacement and cleaning of the cameras, and when they become obsolete, the provider renews them.

· Pablo Da CundaDa Cunda explained why the municipality chose to rent the surveillance equipment.
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Originally published by El País 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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