Interior Minister Reul presents revolutionary video surveillance for NRW!

Interior Minister Reul presents revolutionary video surveillance for NRW!

Minister of the Interior Herbert Reul is expected on Wednesday, May 7th, in the studio of Radio Gütersloh. As part of the broadcast format "Question the police", he will answer questions from the citizens in the Gütersloh district. Reul, minister of the interior and head of the police in North Rhine-Westphalia since June 2017, headed over 600 employees of the Gütersloh district police authority. Interested citizens can send their questions by email to the press office of the district police authority or via WhatsApp to Radio Gütersloh by Tuesday, May 6th.

In another significant development, Interior Minister Reul presented a new surveillance concept for the police in North Rhine -Westphalia. The aim of this concept is to improve the security in North Rhine-Westphalia through extensive video surveillance. The 47 district police authorities have new mobile video surveillance systems. These mobile systems are to be set up in places with frequent police operations or large events in order to increase public security. Similar systems have already been tested in Dortmund, which led to a noticeable decline in crime Ruhr24 .

technical details of the new systems

The new mobile video surveillance systems are not only flexible, but also technologically mature. Each system is equipped with six cameras and can record for up to ten days without external power supply. These systems are accommodated in a trailer that contains an extendable mast with a height of up to five meters. The findings from the tests in Dortmund should help to maximize the effectiveness of using these systems.

The video recordings of the new facilities are only accessible to police officers. This ensures that the data and information are processed in a protected framework. The legal foundations for the use of mobile surveillance systems are based on paragraphs 15 and 15a of the North Rhine-Westphalia police law and correspond to the regulations of data protection informs the state office for police Services .

expectations and reactions

The new facilities offer the police better support and an improved overview of crime main areas. Reul emphasized that the video surveillance of the police should give a decisive overview of the security situation. The development of these facilities is also seen as a direct reaction to the needs of the district police authorities, especially in view of increased operations during large events or at crime burning points.

In addition, existing inpatient video observations in several cities show that such measures have been helpful in the past. The Bonn police had already developed their own mobile video observation systems in 2019, the knowledge of which incorporated into the development of the new devices.