Police launch traffic center

Police launch traffic center

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Police introduced on Monday a new Traffic
Management Center to monitor traffic throughout the capital.

"This is part of our effort to modernize our services," city
police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani said.

The Rp 2.3 billion center, on Jl. MT Haryono in South Jakarta,
is supported by closed-circuit TV cameras located in 50 strategic
areas throughout the capital, plus global positioning systems
(GPS) that have been placed in police cars.

"With the CCTVs, we can monitor traffic from the center. And
if, for example, a car is stolen in one area of Jakarta, we will
use the GPS to find the nearest police patrol car and dispatch it
to the scene immediately," said the head of the city's traffic
police, Sr. Comr. Djoko Santoso. -- JP