Vumacam and FCF to install cameras on the streets of Fourways
FOURWAYS – Thanks to a partnership between Future City Fourways and Vumacam, 25 intersections in the Fourways area will soon have infrastructure which will help in the fight against crime.
The streets of Fourways will be a little bit safer thanks to the efforts of Future City Fourways (FCF) and Vumacam.
On 2 April the two entities announced their partnership in crime-fighting efforts and revealed their plans to place Vumacam infrastructure at 25 intersections in the Fourways area (including along William Nicol Drive, Witkoppen, Main and Cedar roads). This is part of Vumacam’s larger mission to connect all suburbs of Johannesburg and deploy over 15 000 ultra-high-tech crime-fighting cameras across the city by the end of 2019.
“We at Vumacam are excited to fast track the rollout of our infrastructure into Fourways covering some 25 intersections in Phase 1,” said Ricky Croock, the chief executive officer of Vumacam in a statement released to the press. “[The 25 intersections were chosen] according to FCF identified and prioritised zones.”
The cameras that will be installed will include a mix of LPR (licence plate recognition) and overview monitoring cameras which will enable market-leading state-of-the-art intelligence surveillance software that can provide unusual behaviour detection, deep learning and post-event analysis together with systems that ultimately ensure control room monitors can provide quick, informed decisions on suspicious activity.
The list and locations of camera coverage of all the Fourways intersections in Phase 1 along the William Nicol Drive range from the highway to Steyn City, along Witkoppen Road from Main Road to Douglas Drive, Cedar Road from Witkoppen Road to Uranium Street and Main Road from Witkoppen to Fourways Boulevard totalling 25 intersections in all. All application processes are already at an advanced stage.
“Before Vumacam, installing a fibre-linked CCTV [closed-circuit-television] network across the greater Fourways precinct would have been completely unaffordable for any privately funded initiative such as FCF,” explained Jean Berdou, the chairperson for FCF.
“We are thrilled and honoured to finally have by far the technically best and most cost-efficient CCTV solution.
“We call upon the community in the City of Johannesburg to get fully behind this incredible initiative. Let’s make our city safe again.”
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