Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security Closed Circuit Television Camera-CCTV operators are concerned about the long working hours they are subjected to, which affects their ability to closely monitor all events happening in the city. The CCTV operators work for more than 12 hours a day and are expected to …
Read More »Police building technology interface with NIRA to access data
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to boost and speed up investigations capacity, Uganda Police Force is building a technology interface with National Identification Registration Authority –NIRA so as to access data for wanted criminals or suspects under investigation. Police’s director for ICT, Felix Baryamwisaki and director Forensic …
Read More »Inside the national CCTV command centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is seven months since, President Yoweri Museveni, commissioned the National Closed Circuit Television – CCTV Command Centre based at Naguru police headquarters. But the public had never been granted the chance to tour and assimilate with what is done inside. On a bright afternoon, …
Read More »Unreliable power supply hampering CCTV operations in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Intermittent power supply in Kampala Metropolitan areas is affecting the operations of Closed Circuit Television -CCTV cameras. The Director Information and Communication Technology-ICT Uganda Police Force, Felix Baryamwisaki disclosed this while giving legislators a guided tour around the CCTV Command Centre at Naguru on Monday. He …
Read More »Police upgrades its app to ease access during lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has moved to upgrade the force’s App to help Ugandans during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown. Police’s Chief Political Commissar- CPC AIGP Asan Kasingye working alongside Information Communication Technology ICT directorate headed by CP Felix Baryamwisaki have upgraded the App. Dubbed Uganda Police Force …
Read More »400 CCTV cameras yet to be installed in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 400 out of 3,323 Closed Circuit Television-CCTV security cameras planned for Kampala Metropolitan policing area are yet to be installed. Acting Director for Information Computer Technology- ICT, Felix Baryamwisaki, has revealed that 400 cameras haven’t been installed because of the on-going road …
Read More »Police to install CCTV cameras at station receptions to address complacency
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have resolved to install Closed Circuit Television – CCTV cameras at all police stations receptions to monitor responses to public security concerns in order to curb complacency. The Acting Police Director of Information Communication and Technology – ICT, Felix Baryamwisaki, said the cameras would …
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