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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola has today launched the National Command Center and ICT Research and Innovation, a structure under the CCTV Project.
Launching the structure at the Police Headquarters in Naguru, the IGP revealed that the center will act as a coordination hub for harmonized police and sister agency operations.
“The command center structure is the heart of C4I that is, command, control, communication, coordination and intelligence for Uganda Police Force in cooperation with sister security agencies. It is where the videos, data and voice of the CCTV and other systems will be monitored from. Therefore, it is a vital structure that will house critical installations,” Ochola said.
He added: “On the other hand, the ICT research and innovation center will be a hub of ICT innovations for security agencies. All software will be in-house developed from the center and then systems deployed basing on software developed by our own police officers.”
The structure is part of the Safe City Project that started in June 2018 and will house the main control units of the system which include crime monitoring center, emergency center 999/112, data analysis center and the traffic monitoring center.
It will be equipped with computers in the four laboratories, with each having more than 60 seats to facilitate electronic learning for police officers.
The construction of two structures is slated to take eight months and it is being carried out by Huawei Technologies Limited.
