"All CCTV cameras function well and can be used to monitor all activities around Bakauheni port for 24 hours," Lampung Selatan Police Chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Bahagia Dachi said here on Thursday.
He said any criminal acts or accidents could be monitored immediately by the official at the post command and then to coordinate it with other police officials at every corner of the port.
According to Dachi, the CCTV cameras were placed at the port entry gate, pier-I until pier-III, terminal, passengers waiting room, ladder to the ship, electronic ticket line, and alley way.
"If there is an accident or a criminal act, the official will immediately identify the perpetrators," Dachi said, adding that the cameras have become effective 24 hours since Wednesday, August 24, 2011.
He explained that the cameras were placed at the strategic places around Bakauheni port to tightly monitor and protect the increasing holiday travelers who began pouring into the port early this week.
According to Dachi, the cameras will also record without exception the suspicious activity of each passenger and vehicle that will enter a ferry ship.
He said such high-tech cameras were able to display images clearly at night, no mater the lighting system was not perfectly good.
"For double protection to the holiday travelers, we also have special officials who will thoroughly examine the passengers and their luggage when they head into the ship," Dachi said.
Therefore he expressed hope that the prospective passengers would not worry when they were at Bakauheni port, security officers also spread around all crowd points.
"We are going to give the best possible service and protection to the travelers during the holiday exodus," Dachi said.
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