The bad guys had better be ready for their "close-up."

Jersey City officials said that 40 new surveillance cameras -- which will produce images that are five times clearer than in the past -- will be installed in high-crime hot spots in 2018 as part of the city's CCTV program. The new cameras will be bring the total to 197 across the city, officials said.

Four high-definition fixed cameras will be placed at intersections of Dwight and Ocean avenues, Winfield and Ocean avenues, Bartholdi and Ocean avenues, Fulton and Ocean avenues, Lexington and Bergen avenues, Bayview and Garfield avenues, Monticello and Brinkerhoff avenues, Monticello and Belmont avenues, Monticello and Jewett avenues, and Monticello and Gardner avenues.

"We realized we were spending an exorbitant amount of money constantly repairing the old cameras, and therefore decided it would be much more effective to start from scratch," Jersey City Police Director Jim Shea said in a statement.

"The previous system used one user controlled, pan-tilt-zoom camera per location, and was oftentimes pointing in the wrong direction at the time of an incident being investigated.

"We moved to a system with four stationary cameras at each location, providing more coverage at each location."

When Mayor Steve Fulop took office in 2013, there were 50 functioning cameras throughout Jersey City, officials said. Now there are 157, and by the end of the year the total will be 197.

"We've been working to modernize the antiquated and unreliable CCTV system we inherited with an updated, state-of-the-art system strategically mapped out with multiple cameras covering our problem areas," Fulop said in a statement.

"The cameras will enable surveillance in real-time and for review, considerably enhancing our efforts to increase public safety citywide."

The $850,000 cost for the first two phases of the program is being paid by a combination of Department of Homeland Security Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) funds and capital budget funds.

City officials say cameras serve not only to assist the police, but can also be used for evacuation and emergency scenarios.

The latest step includes laying down fiber lines and extending them from existing lines to the new and future locations.

"These new cameras use the latest technology, strengthening our other crime reduction efforts as we continue to see downward trends in violent and nonviolent crimes," Fulop said. "Strategically placing the cameras in our problem areas is multifunctional, serving not only as a crime deterrent, but the surveillance footage can also serve as a crucial piece of evidence in court."

The city's goal is to place cameras in 50 different locations. The first new cameras were placed in six parks and 13 street locations.

The prior surveillance camera system -- with some cameras as old as 15 years -- was installed using Urban Enterprise Zone funds, which meant they were placed in business districts, not the most effective locations.

Officials say the new cameras are being placed using crime data identifying areas of historically higher crime and feedback from the community.