Lima's
is among the most modern urban centers in Latin America, whose management-related advances could well be replicated in the rest of the country and other cities across the continent, Miraflores Mayor Luis Molina has affirmed.
Miraflores has become the first smart jurisdiction in Peru, he said at the Valor sobre Ciudades Digitales forum held within the framework of the Peru-Korea Memorandum of Understanding and the National Strategy for Smart Cities, organized by the
Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM).
Fight against crime
The mayor indicated that this district has recently started a new era of technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to thoroughly combat crime.
This new era develops based on the signing of an inter-institutional cooperation agreement between the
Municipality of Miraflores and the Ministry of Interior.
Thanks to this agreement, it will be possible to use the National Police of Peru's (PNP) database, interconnected with the Serenazgo (municipal police) Surveillance Center, and the PNP Center.
Thus —in real time, by means of car/motorcycle plate readers and face recognition cameras— stolen vehicles can be pulled over and people wanted by justice can be taken into custody. Once detected, an alarm sounds at both control centers.
The mayor recalled that the first portico was recently set up on Benavides Avenue —out of a total of 19, which will be installed at the accesses to Miraflores on the border with neighboring districts Surquillo, Surco, and Barranco.
This way, stolen vehicles or wanted people can be detected in real time.
Gradually, over the next few months, the other gates will be installed, thus reinforcing security for the benefit of residents, as well as domestic and foreign visitors who arrive in Miraflores, he remarked.
The first six porticos will be fully functional in September.
Very replicable project
At the forum, Team Leader of National Smart Cities Strategy Martin Sarango highlighted the Miraflores project given that said district is already setting up a smart city in Peru —being the first success story.
In addition, he called for improvements to reduce bureaucracy.
Miraflores faced more than 2 years for its execution, and he pointed out that this is a very replicable project at the national level.