In February 2024, police announced plans to instal 615 new surveillance cameras in areas of the city with “high crime figures and high pedestrian flows” The announcement also mentioned the possibility of equipping the cameras with artificial intelligence (AI) This news follows a January 2024 announcement that 2,000 surveillance cameras would be installed around the city this year. According to a report by Comparitech, the top three cities outside of China with the most surveillance cameras per square mile are Delhi (1,490), Seoul (618), and Singapore (387),