MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte yesterday vowed to push for the installation of more closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the city.

Belmonte lauded Mayor Herbert Bautista for his projects that improved security in the city, saying she will support more projects such the installation of more CCTV cameras.

The vice mayor emphasized the need to closely watch barangay streets, adding that having full coverage of CCTVs in all of the city’s 142 barangays would help law enforcers do their jobs.

“There is a plan for a 100-percent CCTV coverage in the barangays. I understand the CCTV project is being done phase-by-phase, so we will push for it,” she said.

Belmonte said hundreds of monitoring cameras have been put up in barangays, public schools, city government offices, public places and along major thoroughfares and secondary roads since 2010.

The city government has also implemented an ordinance requiring all business establishments to install CCTVs on their premises.

CCTVs installed by the government are either linked to the command center at the city hall, the Quezon City Police District or the respective barangay halls for constant monitoring.

The vice mayor said the CCTVs were also useful in managing traffic and responding to road emergencies on major thoroughfares and along accident-prone secondary roads of the city.