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Hamburg Transit Security Rolls Out Bodycams and Pilots AI Surveillance

The Hochbahn-Wache aims to curb rising assaults on transport employees by deploying bodycams on patrol teams; piloting AI video monitoring; expanding its staff by 40.

Verkehrssenator Anjes Tjarks (l-r), zwei Mitarbeiter der Hochbahn-Wache sowie der Geschäftsführer der Hochbahn-Wache, Normen Wiegand
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Overview

  • Hamburg’s transit security service has equipped up to 21 patrol teams with body-worn cameras and plans to outfit all city-centre patrols in the coming weeks.
  • The Hochbahn’s Prüf- und Sicherheitsdienst will add about 40 positions to reach roughly 400 employees by year-end to bolster on-board and station security.
  • Operational guidelines require officers to visibly announce recordings, display a red LED during use, and allow 60-second pre-recording under Hamburg police policy.
  • An AI-driven video surveillance pilot is under way to automatically detect danger patterns such as individuals on tracks.
  • Hamburg’s data-protection commissioner has voiced concerns over privacy intrusions from pre-recording, leading to careful calibration of surveillance and legal safeguards.