Good news for us in JB..
KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian government will link hundreds of existing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras with police vehicles to respond more quickly to crime outbreaks, after a spate of violent robberies gripped the country in recent weeks.
The project - to cost RM95 million (S$38 million) - aims to stream real-time CCTV footage from shopping malls, businesses and residential areas to police vehicles via a centralised command in their respective states.
The project will begin in Johor and include more than 300 CCTV cameras in the state by 2013, before being rolled out in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, states which have been targeted as crime 'hot spots' by the government.
The system will allow a police response team to receive live footage from a crime scene and pursue the suspect.