These days it seems that nobody can escape being monitored by surveillance cameras. These cameras are in banks, convenience stores, busy streets, railway stations and residential areas, and even inside trains and taxis.
The Metropolitan Police Department of Tokyo has set up 160 surveillance cameras in Shibuya, Ikebukuro, Shinjuku's Kabuki-cho and two other districts. The Osaka Prefectural Police has set up 211 cameras.
The MPD started using Japan's first surveillance cameras mounted on a police car on Tuesday. The system consists of a high-resolution and two standard cameras, the latter housed in dome-shaped covers, affixed to a pole that can be extended up to 6.7 meters. A satellite circuit transmits the video image to MPD headquarters. The car also gets images from nine portable cameras within a radius of 150 meters through a wireless LAN.