The document summarizes a security project in Mexico City that integrates an urban security system. The system processes information from over 8,000 video cameras and sensors across the city to detect unusual events and transmit alarms. It includes a central command center coordinated with 5 regional centers to manage security operations. Thales provides video surveillance, emergency call handling, and other technologies to implement the integrated secure city system.

1. www.thalesgroup.com/security-services
t he Challenge
The goal of the project is to better
protect citizens from a wide spectrum
of risks including crime, terrorism,
attacks on strategic sites, natural
catastrophes and other emergencies.
It brings together in a cooperative
endeavour the government of Mexico
City, one of the world's largest mega
cities, Telmex, a leading Latin American
telecommunications company and
Thales.
t he solution
Mexico City authorities decided to
implement an integrated urban
security system to handle calls and
process information from surveillance
systems, built on the city's most
modern, secure and widespread
telecommunications network. The
system processes information from
8,080 video cameras and sensors
located across the city and transmits
alarms to the appropriate operators
when any unusual events or behaviours
are detected.
In a major emergency situation, police
can deploy specially equipped mobile
command centres that maintain
contact with the central command
control communications and intelli-
gence centre (C4I). The system can
also locate or identify vehicles in the
city's main streets thanks to its ability
to read registration plate numbers.
Thales uses the most modern
technology available to provide video-
surveillance, analyse images and
other information, process emer-
gency calls, manage events and
simulate emergency situations. With
its experience in Defence, the
company has all the expertise
required to implement its technolo-
gies in complex environments, adapt
solutions to requirements and provide
necessary training.
Ciudad segura
The most modern and integrated secure
city system in the world, Mexico city
k ey b en ef it s
• Integrated system with
«State-of-the-art» solutions
• A solution which at the same
time meets the security needs
of the Mexican metropolis and
can be incorporated into
police operations
• Integration of legacy systems
• Partnership with a major
Mexican telecoms company
Telmex
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2. key features
Thales and Telmex will deliver a centralised
C4I centre which will coordinate 5 regional
command control centres in charge of all
multi-forces security operations during
routine operations and emergency situations.
It includes video surveillance, operational
forces tracking and status monitoring,
emergency call taking & dispatching, forces,
skills and equipment allocation for incidents
database queries and training.
The project also includes 2 mobile
command control centres and will be able to
integrate information from unmanned
drones responsible for remote surveillance,
both of which will facilitate the intervention
and the decision-making process every-
where in the city.
Ciudad segura
The most modern and integrated secure city system
in the world, Mexico city
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• Operational 24/7, addressing 9 million
people
• Organisation dedicated for public safety
forces (80 000 people)
• Video surveillance network
(8080 cameras dedicated to urban
surveillance, traffic management and
registration plate recognition)
• Integrated and Unified command control
system including:
- one C4I : 5 floors, 20,000 M2,
250 positions (90 call-talkers,
132 dispatchers, 20 video
surveillance operators)
- five C2 : from 35 to 60 positions
- two C2 mobiles units
• Laboratory / development platform link
to Polytechnic Engineer High School
• NOC: Network Operational Center
• SOC: System Operational Center
• Training facility
t hales
Security Solutions & Services
Contact:
20-22 rue Grange Dame Rose • 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay France • Tel: +33(0)1 73 32 00 00 • info.3s@thalesgroup.com
Client
Secretary of State for the public
safety of Mexico city
Project
Most ambitious public safety
project in the world with more than
500 engineers and experts from the
Mexico City Police Department.
key dates
• Contract awarded in 2009
• Inauguration of the first part of the
system scheduled for the
bicentenary of the city in 2010
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