Florianópolis will have 2,000 CCTV cameras, which will increase public safety. According to the City Hall team, the cameras will be open access so that the communities themselves can monitor their territory on a communal basis.

In total, Florianopolis will have 2,000 surveillance cameras. Illustrative image: Pixabay/Disclosure/ND.

This increase is part of the City Hall’s Sentinela project, which will come into effect in the coming weeks, and aims to increase surveillance of important points with cameras.

According to the mayor’s office, there will be 500 observation points where cameras will be installed. The equipment will be leased. In addition to the equipment, the contract company will be responsible for the installation, Internet access, monitoring and maintenance of the cameras.

The mayor’s office said that the equipment will be placed in public places, at points where access control to microdistricts, squares and parks is a priority. In addition to places of recurring traffic violations and recurring problems such as vandalism, illegal vendors’ walkpoints, and illegal waste disposal.