Inside interview room no camera film, but outside cameras a lot everywhere
Special cameras in town centres and walkways
The cameras, to be installed from the second half of the year, will come with pan-tilt-zoom functions and 360-degree fields of view. They will also be able to automatically analyse closed-circuit television footage to detect unusual activities.
Jurong Gateway, Bedok Town Centre and Ang Mo Kio Town Centre are the first three locations to get the new cameras, under an initiative called Polcam 2.0.
By December 2020, the cameras will be installed in all key public areas, such as town centres and pedestrian walkways.
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Cameras to be installed in all police cars by mid-2015
The in-vehicle systems will eventually enable live-streaming from incident locations to the operations room and command post, the Police said.
Cameras will first be installed at the front and rear of the cars, but the Police are aiming for 360-degree coverage when the in-vehicle systems are fully deployed, said Assistant Superintendent Jude Sherman D’Cruz of the SPF’s Operations Department.
Also from June, frontline officers at one Neighbourhood Police Centre will start wearing body-worn cameras weighing 79 grams. The plan was announced during the Committee of Supply debates on the Home Affairs ministry’s budget for this year.
Interactions with members of the public when they are attending to incidents will be recorded — after informing the individuals — so as to capture crime-scene investigations, as well as for cross-checking allegations made by members of the public.
The Police said processes are in place to ensure recordings of both body-worn cameras and in-vehicle systems are not tampered with.
On whether members of the public can opt not to be filmed, the Police said the recordings can provide valuable leads and are useful in the fight against crime. “Hence, while attending to an incident, the Police officer will do the needful to capture what he needs for investigation and operational purposes. Police is aware of the need to protect the privacy of victims and complainants in some cases and will exercise discretion and consider such requests appropriately,” a spokesperson said.
Deputy Police Commissioner T Raja Kumar said in a dialogue with 200 students yesterday that the community welcomes the installation of police cameras at HDB blocks — all 10,000 will be covered by 2016 — and this is a sign of trust in the Police.
To add more transparency to the investigation process, the Ministry of Home Affairs is also piloting a system in which questioning sessions are recorded. Mr Wong said: "We believe this is a step in the right direction."
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