CISP: Luanda's Camera Network and the National Public Security Centre
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Angola switched on more than 700 cameras in Luanda and an 8,000 m² control centre three weeks before its video-surveillance law took effect. The only figure it has published since is how many cameras there are.
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The Centro Integrado de Segurança Pública opened on Avenida Ho Chi Minh in Luanda on 30 December 2019, after the foundation stone was laid in August 2017 and a trial run from June 2019. The 8,000 m² building holds surveillance rooms, dispatch desks, a rapid-response command post and laboratories, and takes emergency calls on 111 for police, traffic, fire and medical services; the project foresaw extending it to 16 more provinces, and by July 2026 centres were also operating in Benguela, Huambo, Huíla and Cabinda. More than 700 cameras were installed in Luanda at the launch. Angola's video-surveillance law, Lei n.º 2/20 — approved by parliament in November 2019 — took effect on its publication on 22 January 2020, three weeks after the centre was inaugurated. A separate provincial police unit, the CESP in Kilamba Kiaxi, opened in May 2020 and is connected to the CISP by fibre to cross-check data. Since January 2023 the CISP's director has said that cameras belonging to some private institutions are also connected, without naming them or giving a number.
📊 Impact
Every published number is a deployment count from the Interior Ministry or the police. More than 700 cameras in Luanda at the December 2019 launch; in official figures reported in October 2021, over 1,200 cameras across Luanda, Benguela and Huambo, of which 955 are in Luanda, some with lenses reaching three to four kilometres; in September 2024 the National Police said more than 1,300 new cameras would be installed in Luanda. No arrest rate, clearance rate, response time or crime figure attributable to the centre has been published, and no audit office, court or research body has examined it.
🎓 Lesson
A camera count is not a security outcome. Luanda's centre reports how much hardware it has and nothing about what the hardware did — and Angola's video-surveillance law took effect only after the cameras were switched on, not before.
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📅 How old is the evidence?
Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2019. 8 of 8 sources carry a publication date, from 29 December 2019 to 14 July 2026.
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- Novo Jornal · pressNovo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
- Ver Angola · pressVer Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020)
- LEX.AO · platformLei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO)
- Menos Fios · pressMenos Fios — CESP inaugurated in Luanda (technology press, May 2020)
- Menos Fios · pressMenos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
- Rádio Nacional de Angola · pressRádio Nacional de Angola (state broadcaster)
- Ver Angola · pressVer Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024)
- Ver Angola · pressVer Angola — Cuanza Sul to get a CISP (press, 14 July 2026)
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Evidence file · public beta 21 addressable claims, 8 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The file 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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opened on Avenida Ho Chi Minh in Luanda on 30 December 2019
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after the foundation stone was laid in August 2017 and a trial run from June 2019
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The 8,000 m² building holds surveillance rooms, dispatch desks, a rapid-response command post and laboratories
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takes emergency calls on 111 for police, traffic, fire and medical services
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the project foresaw extending it to 16 more provinces
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by July 2026 centres were also operating in Benguela, Huambo, Huíla and Cabinda
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More than 700 cameras were installed in Luanda at the launch
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Angola's video-surveillance law, Lei n.º 2/20
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approved by parliament in November 2019
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took effect on its publication on 22 January 2020, three weeks after the centre was inaugurated
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A separate provincial police unit, the CESP in Kilamba Kiaxi, opened in May 2020
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is connected to the CISP by fibre to cross-check data
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Since January 2023 the CISP's director has said that cameras belonging to some private institutions are also connected, without naming them or giving a number
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Every published number is a deployment count from the Interior Ministry or the police
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More than 700 cameras in Luanda at the December 2019 launch
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in official figures reported in October 2021, over 1,200 cameras across Luanda, Benguela and Huambo, of which 955 are in Luanda
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some with lenses reaching three to four kilometres
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in September 2024 the National Police said more than 1,300 new cameras would be installed in Luanda
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No arrest rate, clearance rate, response time or crime figure attributable to the centre has been published, and no audit office, court or research body has examined it
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Luanda's centre reports how much hardware it has and nothing about what the hardware did
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Angola's video-surveillance law took effect only after the cameras were switched on
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- Operator
- Centro Integrado de Segurança Pública (CISP), Ministério do Interior
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- national-government
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- public
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8 source dossiers
Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
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- Name not classified · novojornal.co.ao
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2019-12-29
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- 2026-11-03
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Published 29 December 2019, credited 'NJOnline/Angop' (the state news agency's copy). 'Mais de 700 câmaras já terão sido instaladas em Luanda'; foundation stone August 2017, trial operation from June 2019; roughly 8,000 m² with a video-surveillance room, dispatch, rapid-response command and laboratory; emergency line 111; 16 provincial centres under construction.
Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
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- Name not classified · menosfios.com
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- 2021-10-25
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- 2026-11-03
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25 October 2021, credited to ANGOP: official statistics put more than 1,200 cameras across Luanda, Benguela and Huambo under the CISP, 955 of them in Luanda, some with lenses reaching three to four kilometres. It cites the video-surveillance law as 'Lei n.º 1/20, de 22 de Janeiro' — the law's number is 2/20. No outcome statistics.
Menos Fios — CESP inaugurated in Luanda (technology press, May 2020)
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- Name not classified · menosfios.com
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- 2020-05-08
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- 2026-11-03
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8 May 2020. The CESP, a unit of the Luanda provincial police command at Capolo I, Kilamba Kiaxi: 'Está interligado com o Centro Integrado de Segurança Pública (CISP), por intermédio da rede de fibra óptica, a fim de cruzar os dados'; police intervention requested on 111.
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Rádio Nacional de Angola (state broadcaster)
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- Name not classified · rna.ao
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- web-page · language not classified
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- 2023-01-05
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- 2026-11-03
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5 January 2023. CISP director Subcomissário Adulcínio Lutucuta: 'Algumas câmaras de videovigilância de Instituições Privadas, em Angola, já estão conectadas ao Centro Integrado de Segurança Pública (CISP)'. No institutions named, no count. State broadcaster — an operator voice, not independent press.
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Ver Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020)
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- Name not classified · verangola.net
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- 2020-01-03
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- 2026-11-03
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Lusa report: Angola's first CISP has operated since Monday (30 December 2019), inaugurated by President João Lourenço and financed by a Chinese credit line of undisclosed value; about 8,000 m²; more than 700 cameras in Luanda; extension planned to 16 more provinces.
Ver Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024)
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- Name not classified · verangola.net
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- 2024-09-24
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- 2026-11-03
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The National Police's director of telecommunications and IT said more than 1,300 new video-surveillance cameras would be installed in Luanda 'in the coming days' under the second phase of the Public Security Innovation Project.
Ver Angola — Cuanza Sul to get a CISP (press, 14 July 2026)
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- Name not classified · verangola.net
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- 2026-07-14
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The CISP's director-general on its national expansion: the centre began in Luanda in 2019 and now also operates in Benguela, Huambo, Huíla and Cabinda; Cuanza Sul to follow within about a year.
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Lei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO)
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- Name not classified · lex.ao
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- 2020-01-22
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- 2026-11-03
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Full text of Lei n.º 2/20 (Lei da Videovigilância), published in Diário da República I Série n.º 7 of 22 January 2020: approved by the National Assembly on 20 November 2019, promulgated 23 December 2019, in force on the date of publication; existing systems had 90 days to comply.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “CISP: Luanda's Camera Network and the National Public Security Centre” — Luanda, Angola. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/luanda-cisp-video-surveillance/ (last verified 2026-11-03). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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