Currently, in Singapore, we have about 90,000 Police cameras that are installed islandwide.
Yesterday in Parliament, Law Minister K Shanmugam said that by 2030 there will be 200,000 police cameras. The added cameras will help detect and crimes and solve cases.
“Conceptually, having cameras in public spaces is no different from the police interviewing eyewitnesses to establish what happened. The camera is a constant, ever-present eyewitness, whose memory won’t be suspect. It’s literally black-and-white evidence.”
This means that by 2030 the cameras installed islandwide will be more than doubled.
He also said that the cameras have helped Police officers solve crimes faster and quoted the robbery incident that happened in Jurong where the suspect carried a gun to rob a money lender.
The man was arrested within 5 hours with the help of Police CCTV.