Hawk-eye cameras to keep close watch on the city, able to zoom in on faces & cars
Published on May 04, 2013
Complementing street-level cameras, the Hawk Eye Remote Observatory System cameras will be mounted on selected buildings in Marina Bay. -- ST PHOTO: EDWARD TEO
By Lim Yan Liang And Lim Min Zhang
NEW high-rise surveillance cameras that can zoom in up to 60 times will be installed on selected buildings in the city by the end of this year.
Two of these eyes-in-the-sky cameras will be deployed on each of three "strategic buildings" in Marina Bay for a start, said a police operations department spokesman at the annual Police Workplan Seminar and Exhibition yesterday.
They will complement street-level Public Camera Zone cameras installed in more than 150 locations across the island.
While the super-zoom Hawk Eye cameras will be able to resolve faces and number plates even from up high, police said there will be "active masking" on certain angles to ensure privacy.
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