The Quezon City government will start implementing the no closed-circuit-television-camera-system or no CCTV, no business permit policy in January 2013.

Mayor Herbert Bautista has directed Business Permit and Licensing Chief Garry Domingo to send notices as early as November to inform business owners of their responsibility to install in their establishment a CCTV before applying or renewing their mayor’s permit.

Bautista said that the city will be strict in enforcing its requirement that establishments operating within the city must have their own CCTV, especially those big businesses including banks, pawnshops, gas stations, malls, supermarkets and even schools.

He warned that business owners could only get their permits once they install CCTV in their establishment.

 The mayor believes that business establishments will benefit from using CCTV especially in the prevention/resolution of crimes.

Bautista said that even QC hall premises will be having CCTVs next year as part of its security measures.

Rolando Montiel, head of the General Services Department, revealed that he already submitted to the Bids and Awards Committee the new Terms of Reference (TOR) for the security agency that will be watching the city hall compound. The revised TOR includes the CCTV requirement in their contract.

Montiel said that Lockheed Security Agency’s contract will expire on February 1, 2013.
Earlier, the mayor already gave the green light for the procurement of P100 million worth of CCTVs to be installed on major and secondary streets in the city’s 142 barangays.