Video surveillance: Police use recordings more and more often
In the City of Luxembourg Films in certain areas of cameras the people who Security because of. Visupol (Vidéosurveillance à des Fins Policières) should also be near the train station in Esch/alzette and around the Parc Gerlache in Differdingen give. In addition, areas in the communities could also be added Ettelbrück and Hesperingen. According to the Interior Minister Léon Gloden (CSV) In this regard, inquiries about how the minister in response to a response parliamentary question from Laurent Mosar (CSV).
Three MPs asked the Interior Minister questions about Visupol. Meris Sehovic (Déi Gréng) Will knowhow many police officers currently evaluate the pictures of the surveillance cameras in real time. « The Visupol service consists of around ten members in the ‘Capitale’ region, » explains Gloden. « Currently 308 cameras are active in the various Visupol security zones of the city of Luxembourg. » However, the cameras at the Stade de Luxembourg and around the European Convention Center (ECCL) film in Kirchberg Not around the clock.
Sehovic points out that The city of Luxembourg in Bonneweg wants to have other cameras installed And asks: How many additional civil servants are appointed and trained with the increasing number of cameras? « The determination of the number of civil servants to be set is premature because the project is currently underway to set up a national Visupol service, which also includes an analysis of the possible additional personnel needs, » replies Gloden.
Interior Minister Léon Gloden (CSV) suggests simplification of the procedures for video surveillance. Photo: Marc Wilwert/LW archive
Last year, Visupol recordings were used in 638 police matters. This is significantly more than in the three years before when the pictures were used between 457 and 463 times. In his answer, Gloden delivers these numbers to a parliamentary question from Fred Keup (ADR).
Cumbersome law paralyzes authorities
After one Legislative project In the future, the interior minister should have the opportunity to analyzes of public locations in the field of their community, which pose a special risk of committing crimes police to apply. The Interior Minister should continue to be responsible for the introduction of video surveillance. The police, however, check whether other funds could be useful to prevent crimes and notes the mayor.
The narrow line between security and control state
In addition, exemptions should apply to traffic hubs and public parks in the urban area, since these are « transit cakes », where many people are and thus have a higher risk of committing crimes.
The Interior Minister reports Laurent Mosar that experience has shown since the introduction of Visupol « that the implementation of the approval process, which is intended in the law of July 1, 2021, is excessively cumbersome and it does not allow it to react effectively to the security needs. » The large number of steps required would bring too long deadlines that would rather paralyze the authorities than to enable them to intervene.
Law proposed in the Chamberber Commission
On Thursday afternoon, a legislative proposal that provides for an adjustment of the 2018 police law with regard to Visupol was presented to the responsible chamber commission. On March 7, the government had accepted a draft law that is supposed to facilitate police surveillance. As the chairwoman of the Commission, Stéphanie Weydert (CSV) explains in an interview with the « Luxemburger Word », the procedures are to be simplified with the planned law. This is also due to the traffic hubs already mentioned and public parks, in which there is an increased risk of crimes. A human rights commission is also to be set up. The duration of the approval is extended from three to five years. The extension procedure is simplified.
