CCTV cameras serve as third eye in preventing and solving crimes, says CoP

Madurai City Police Commissioner J. Loganthan inaugurated 120 newly fixed CCTV cameras, stressing their importance in preventing and solving crimes. The cameras serve as a third eye for the police, monitoring 24x7. In one case, CCTV footage provided key evidence in solving a murder, as it showed the suspect getting into a quarrel with the victim and his friend. Funds for the cameras were sourced from the public.

CCTV cameras serve as third eye in preventing and solving crimes, according to Madurai City Police Commissioner J. Loganthan.

Inaugurating the functioning of 120 newly fixed CCTV cameras along with MLA G. Thalapathi at Lourde Nagar near K.Pudur on Madurai on Saturday, Mr. Loganathan stressed the importance of CCTV cameras in the policing.

He said, most of the crimes happening in the city would not have been solved if not for the CCTV cameras. “Around 14,000 cameras in the city will be operating 24x7 to enhance monitoring as it has become the third eye for the police department,” he added.   

The CCTV cameras serve a double purpose by both preventing crimes and helping to solve them, he added.

“The location of the CCTV cameras is studied, and their geo-locations are marked to identify areas that are left out from monitoring. Once studied, CCTV cameras would be fixed in those areas too.” 

CCTV cameras were fixed in 40 junctions in around 10 roads located in the Lourde Nagar. The cameras were fixed with the help of the police personnel who helped identify the locations for better monitoring, a police official said.

Further, the police official explaining the role of CCTVs in solving crimes, said that in a murder that happened in the city near Arappalayam bus stand a month ago, CCTV cameras become the key evidence in learning the crime.