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Escudo Jalisco C5: State Camera Network and Plate Reading

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Jalisco's congress approved the statute creating the Escudo Urbano C5 on 24 May 2018, a state agency that runs the 911 line, anonymous crime reporting and the state video-surveillance and radio network. It has since absorbed the metropolitan area's municipal camera rooms, taking 454 cameras from Zapopan, 209 from Guadalajara and 170 from San Pedro Tlaquepaque and adding 725 of its own. A replacement command building in Guadalajara stood at 83 per cent complete in August 2026.

Live 📅 since 2018 🤖 Uses AI
Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byEscudo Urbano C5, Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco
Scale🗺️ Regional

📊 Impact

The agency reports the state network growing from 7,041 to 8,566 active cameras since the start of the current administration, and licence-plate reading cameras from 48 to 300 with more than 150 further units being installed. Between January and July 2026 it credits coordinated action with recovering or seizing 552 vehicles and detaining 130 people, and says artificial intelligence on the 911 line cut false calls from eight in ten reports to 4.6 in ten.

🎓 Lesson

Every number here is produced by the system it describes. The counts of cameras, plates read, vehicles recovered and false calls filtered are all the agency's own, and this entry found no independent audit of the network. The 911 claim shows the strain: the same statement puts the fall in false calls at eight in ten down to 4.6 in ten and, a sentence later, at 6 per cent, and reconciles neither figure with the other.

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Sources

↗ Congreso del Estado de Jalisco, on approving the Escudo Urbano C5 statute (official)Published 24 May 2018The legislature's own bulletin, dated 24 May 2018 on the page. Verbatim: 'El Pleno del Congreso Local aprobo la Ley Organica del OPD denominado Centro de Coordinacion, Comando, Control, Comunicaciones y Computo del Estado de Jalisco (Escudo Urbano C5)'. Also describes the agency's remit across civil protection, policing, medical emergencies, mobility and the environment, and its video-monitoring room.
↗ La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)Published 7 August 2026Press report of the agency's own figures. Verbatim: 'La red estatal paso de 7 mil 41 a 8 mil 566 camaras activas', 'Jalisco incremento de 48 a 300 el numero de camaras especializadas en funcionamiento', 'integro 454 camaras pertenecientes al C5 de Zapopan, 209 del C5 de Guadalajara y 170 del C4 de San Pedro Tlaquepaque', 'estas pasaron de representar ocho de cada 10 reportes a 4.6 de cada 10', and the 552 vehicles, 130 detentions and 83 per cent building progress. The same report also states the fall in false calls as 6 per cent, without reconciling the two.
↗ Escudo Jalisco C5, the agency's own site (operator)The agency's own site for the replacement building and the strategy attached to it, including new cameras, plate-reading points, forensic analysis points and facial recognition described in the future tense. A live operator page that states no publication date.
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Evidence Passport · public beta 9 addressable claims, 3 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The passport is unreviewed — an AI-assisted structural migration, not a human or expert endorsement. Every revision keeps a permanent copy under revision history.

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Claim 1 clm-9dbe5fa53c72b6f6 quantitative
Jalisco's congress approved the statute creating the Escudo Urbano C5 on 24 May 2018
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The legislature's own bulletin is dated 24 Mayo 2018 on the page and opens: 'El Pleno del Congreso Local aprobo la Ley Organica del OPD denominado Centro de Coordinacion, Comando, Control, Comunicaciones y Computo del Estado de Jalisco (Escudo Urbano C5)'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Congreso del Estado de Jalisco, on approving the Escudo Urbano C5 statute (official)
Claim 2 clm-68cee5fc304cdf6e quantitative
a state agency that runs the 911 line, anonymous crime reporting and the state video-surveillance and radio network
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The statute bulletin describes the body's remit as gathering integrated information for decisions in civil protection, prosecution, public security, medical emergencies, mobility, environment and community services, through its video-monitoring room and telecommunications and geolocation systems. The press account describes the same agency operating the 911 line, the 089 anonymous reporting line and the state video-surveillance and radio network.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Congreso del Estado de Jalisco, on approving the Escudo Urbano C5 statute (official)
  2. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
Claim 3 clm-75494b5e074ab584 quantitative
taking 454 cameras from Zapopan, 209 from Guadalajara and 170 from San Pedro Tlaquepaque and adding 725 of its own
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Verbatim: 'C5 Escudo Jalisco integro 454 camaras pertenecientes al C5 de Zapopan, 209 del C5 de Guadalajara y 170 del C4 de San Pedro Tlaquepaque. A estos dispositivos se sumaron 725 nuevas camaras instaladas por el Gobierno del Estado'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
Claim 4 clm-60af9093124e997f quantitative
A replacement command building in Guadalajara stood at 83 per cent complete in August 2026
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Verbatim in the standfirst: 'el nuevo C5i registra un avance de 83 por ciento y se preve que concluya en noviembre'. The agency's own site carries the building and the strategy attached to it.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
  2. Escudo Jalisco C5, the agency's own site (operator)
Claim 5 clm-56be3007ec9218e9 quantitative
The agency reports the state network growing from 7,041 to 8,566 active cameras since the start of the current administration, and licence-plate reading cameras from 48 to 300 with more than 150 further units being installed
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Verbatim: 'La red estatal paso de 7 mil 41 a 8 mil 566 camaras activas', described in the body as measured from the start of the administration, and 'Jalisco incremento de 48 a 300 el numero de camaras especializadas en funcionamiento, mientras que mas de 150 equipos se encuentran en proceso de instalacion e integracion'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
Claim 6 clm-ebce8809b7963069 quantitative
Between January and July 2026 it credits coordinated action with recovering or seizing 552 vehicles and detaining 130 people
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Verbatim: 'Entre enero y julio de 2026 se coordinaron acciones que permitieron la recuperacion y aseguramiento de 552 vehiculos, ademas de la detencion de 130 personas relacionadas con distintos delitos'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
Claim 7 clm-9bbe01e92d379dbd quantitative
says artificial intelligence on the 911 line cut false calls from eight in ten reports to 4.6 in ten
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Verbatim: 'la implementacion de Inteligencia Artificial en la linea de emergencias 911 permitio reducir las llamadas falsas. De acuerdo con las autoridades, estas pasaron de representar ocho de cada 10 reportes a 4.6 de cada 10'. Attributed in the text to the authorities themselves.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
Claim 8 clm-78ea23e397ffa3d0 descriptive
this entry found no independent audit of the network
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
A statement about what the search for this entry did not turn up rather than about a source. The two accounts of results read here are the agency's own figures and a press report of them; no audit-office, court or academic examination of the network was found.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
  2. Escudo Jalisco C5, the agency's own site (operator)
Claim 9 clm-673d891061d0725b quantitative
the same statement puts the fall in false calls at eight in ten down to 4.6 in ten and, a sentence later, at 6 per cent, and reconciles neither figure with the other
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The report gives the proportional figure and then, in the following passage, 'En este periodo, las llamadas falsas disminuyeron' by six per cent alongside a 16.8 per cent fall in non-emergency calls. Both appear in the same account of the same period without being related to each other.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media)
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unreviewed Revision 2026-08-24-guadalajara-baseline effective 2026-08-24 · created 2026-08-24

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Escudo Urbano C5, Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco
Actor types
regional-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
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Cost
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Ownership
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Decision rights
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Exit conditions
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3 source dossiers

Congreso del Estado de Jalisco, on approving the Escudo Urbano C5 statute (official) congresojal.gob.mx · 2 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-09011ce42ca4f757
Publisher
Name not classified · congresojal.gob.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-05-24
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-24
Dossier created
2026-08-24
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The legislature's own bulletin, dated 24 May 2018 on the page. Verbatim: 'El Pleno del Congreso Local aprobo la Ley Organica del OPD denominado Centro de Coordinacion, Comando, Control, Comunicaciones y Computo del Estado de Jalisco (Escudo Urbano C5)'. Also describes the agency's remit across civil protection, policing, medical emergencies, mobility and the environment, and its video-monitoring room.

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Claims linked
La Cronica de Hoy Jalisco, on the C5 network expansion (media) cronica.com.mx · 8 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-c11d70ba31db421d
Publisher
Name not classified · cronica.com.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-08-07
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-24
Dossier created
2026-08-24
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Press report of the agency's own figures. Verbatim: 'La red estatal paso de 7 mil 41 a 8 mil 566 camaras activas', 'Jalisco incremento de 48 a 300 el numero de camaras especializadas en funcionamiento', 'integro 454 camaras pertenecientes al C5 de Zapopan, 209 del C5 de Guadalajara y 170 del C4 de San Pedro Tlaquepaque', 'estas pasaron de representar ocho de cada 10 reportes a 4.6 de cada 10', and the 552 vehicles, 130 detentions and 83 per cent building progress. The same report also states the fall in false calls as 6 per cent, without reconciling the two.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Escudo Jalisco C5, the agency's own site (operator) c5.jalisco.gob.mx · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-a52d29fcfc697aaf
Publisher
Name not classified · c5.jalisco.gob.mx
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-24
Dossier created
2026-08-24
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The agency's own site for the replacement building and the strategy attached to it, including new cameras, plate-reading points, forensic analysis points and facial recognition described in the future tense. A live operator page that states no publication date.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Escudo Jalisco C5: State Camera Network and Plate Reading” — Guadalajara, Mexico. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/guadalajara-c5-video-surveillance/ (last verified 2026-08-24). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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