Single platform mooted to monitor CCTVs

Top Mumbai Police and Home Department officials who recently visited Israel as part of anti-terror initiatives undertaken by the state government after 26/11 have brought back lessons on security and surveillance measures from Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport, considered one of the most well-guarded and secure airports in the world.

With a major focus of the Israel tour being a study of the surveillance techniques adopted there, home department officials pointed out that one of the outcomes of the trip could be the creation of a single platform to monitor all CCTV cameras installed at different junctions, railway stations and subways in the city.

“Members of the team that had gone to Israel were shown around the Ben Gurion airport. It is called the world’s most well-protected airport, and the team got to see the various security procedures employed by officials at the airport. There is a high level of security checks and constant surveillance measures in place there,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department) Chandra Iyengar told Newsline.

A study group, comprising Iyengar, Principal Secretary (Home) P K Jain, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Force One) S Jaganathan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone 8) Nisar Tamboli and Gadchiroli’s Superintendent of Police Rajesh Pradhan, had left the city for Tel Aviv on July 11. The group interacted with Israeli authorities on aspects of security and safety with special emphasis on training. It will submit a report with certain recommendations to the state government.

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