Overview

• Two towers already monitor the Alten Botanischen Garten, and the third unit has just been positioned to oversee activity at Karlsplatz.
• Each €70,000 tower rises six meters and features remote-controlled pan-tilt-zoom, infrared-capable 360° imaging and autonomous fuel-cell power.
• Encrypted footage streams live to Munich’s operations center and is automatically deleted after 21 days under strict data-protection rules.
• Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann says the towers deter potential offenders, speed up evidence gathering and support Munich’s reputation as one of Germany’s safest large cities.
• Police report that mobile monitoring has improved situational awareness and enabled faster identification of weapons and suspects at key public sites.