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Sofia selects the Appian Talon ALPR system - to crack down on crime

Appian Technology plc has won an order to equip Sofia city centre with its Talon ALPR technology. Another key international city has selected the Talon ALPR system.  

Surveillance and ALPR cameras will be mounted on all intersections between the Bulbank building and the Orlov Most bridge in downtown Sofia where most of the government institutions are located.

The system will go into operation on April 1 as the first stage of the interior ministry's video surveillance project - launched in late 2005. A total of 100 locations throughout the city will be fitted with surveillance devices.

The system will allow law enforcement agencies to record traffic violations and prevent street crime. The real-time camera feed will also assist the police in managing traffic and congestion.

The surveillance of public venues is one of the measures promised by the police in the aftermath of several assassinations carried out in the center of the capital. The project was developed by a working group formed after the October killing of banker Emil Kyulev.

The interior ministry has formed a working group to assist the development of similar projects in other Bulgarian cities.