BPS to introduce CCTV

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In their infinite mission to curb increase in crime-related incidents and make the country safer, the police will next year install closed circuit television (CCTV) in the city’s streets.

This follows the signing of a two-year contract by the Botswana Police Service (BPS) commissioner, Keabetswe Makgophe and the managing director of Huawei Botswana Ren Fujun for the commencement of the safer city project.

In a press release that was recently issued by the BPS public relations section, the police revealed that Makgophe said that the project was necessary for the police’s delivery of effective policing to Batswana through the use of surveillance cameras.

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Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...

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