In Plaça Reial, the project should entail the installation of twenty security cameras. The operation also includes new posts in the square and various systems to cover the central space and the area under the arches their surroundings.

In Plaça de la Catedral, a further six devices are planned in addition to the cameras in Plaça Catalunya and at the seafront.

The rollout forms part of the first stage of the Videosurveillance Plan, which should install a total of 500 cameras around 34 spaces in all city districts by the end of 2027.

Complementary and with guarantees

Surveillance cameras are a tool for preventing crime and a guarantee for people if they fall victim to an incident. Their function complements police presence and helps to prevent petty crime and serious offences, improving the effective security of streets and facilitating the resolution of police investigations.

Cameras require prior authorisation from the Commission for the Control of Videosurveillance in Catalonia, an independent body directed by the chair of the Higher Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC), which works for the fulfilment of the principles or proportionality, need and minimal intromission in the right to privacy.