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CISP: Luanda's Camera Network and the National Public Security Centre

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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-a876fed0ee9b620a quantitative
opened on Avenida Ho Chi Minh in Luanda on 30 December 2019
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Lusa, writing on Friday 3 January 2020, reports the centre has operated since the previous Monday; Novo Jornal places the central unit on Avenida Hochi Minh.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ver Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020)
  2. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
Claim 2 clm-4b7db67607924328 quantitative
after the foundation stone was laid in August 2017 and a trial run from June 2019
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What the mapping says
The inauguration report gives both dates.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
Claim 3 clm-e72881077ac88391 quantitative
The 8,000 m² building holds surveillance rooms, dispatch desks, a rapid-response command post and laboratories
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What the mapping says
Both reports describe a building of about 8,000 square metres with a video-surveillance room, a dispatch room, a rapid-response command centre and a laboratory.
Caveat
The sources speak of one video-surveillance room and one laboratory; the plural is this entry's.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
  2. Ver Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020)
Claim 4 clm-e16ce8710f922eb6 quantitative
takes emergency calls on 111 for police, traffic, fire and medical services
Published field
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What the mapping says
The report says the emergency number 111 gives access to the centre and that it is meant to help police, traffic, fire and medical emergency services respond.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
Claim 5 clm-5045e6e906509fc9 quantitative
the project foresaw extending it to 16 more provinces
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What the mapping says
Lusa reports the project foresees extension to 16 more provinces; Novo Jornal says 16 provincial centres were under construction.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ver Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020)
  2. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
Claim 6 clm-9590090489a4ff03 quantitative
by July 2026 centres were also operating in Benguela, Huambo, Huíla and Cabinda
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What the mapping says
Reporting the director-general's July 2026 visit to Cuanza Sul, the article lists the provinces where the CISP already operates.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ver Angola — Cuanza Sul to get a CISP (press, 14 July 2026)
Claim 7 clm-9117dabec246c188 quantitative
More than 700 cameras were installed in Luanda at the launch
Published field
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What the mapping says
Both inauguration reports give the figure of more than 700 cameras in Luanda.
Caveat
Novo Jornal's wording is conditional ('terão sido instaladas' — reportedly installed).

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)
  2. Ver Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020)
Claim 8 clm-e45b3898678c04cd quantitative
Angola's video-surveillance law, Lei n.º 2/20
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What the mapping says
The published text is titled Lei da Videovigilância and numbered 2/20 of 22 January.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Lei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO)
Claim 9 clm-316321efa07d5d19 quantitative
approved by parliament in November 2019
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What the mapping says
The law's closing formula records its approval by the National Assembly.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Lei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO)
Claim 10 clm-bd32eaee1b3aa7ee quantitative
took effect on its publication on 22 January 2020, three weeks after the centre was inaugurated
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What the mapping says
The law enters into force on the date of publication, which was the Diário da República of 22 January 2020.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Lei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO)
Claim 11 clm-fd478c4c9bafcd28 quantitative
A separate provincial police unit, the CESP in Kilamba Kiaxi, opened in May 2020
Published field
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What the mapping says
The report describes the CESP as a unit of the Luanda provincial police command at Capolo I, Kilamba Kiaxi, inaugurated that week.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CESP inaugurated in Luanda (technology press, May 2020)
Claim 12 clm-be89adda243ebc2b descriptive
is connected to the CISP by fibre to cross-check data
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report says the CESP is linked to the CISP over the fibre-optic network to cross-check data.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CESP inaugurated in Luanda (technology press, May 2020)
Claim 13 clm-3cafa0b9ed342a5d quantitative
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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What the mapping says
The state broadcaster reports the director's statement that some private institutions' cameras are connected; it names no institution and gives no count.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Rádio Nacional de Angola (state broadcaster)
Claim 14 clm-d3b687f1f7d66cdc descriptive
Every published number is a deployment count from the Interior Ministry or the police
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Every figure in the listed sources counts cameras installed or planned; none reports what the cameras led to.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
  2. Ver Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024)
Claim 16 clm-32860be08442098d quantitative
in official figures reported in October 2021, over 1,200 cameras across Luanda, Benguela and Huambo, of which 955 are in Luanda
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The October 2021 report cites official statistics for the three provinces and Luanda's share.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
Claim 17 clm-bd225da74f0c3bfa descriptive
some with lenses reaching three to four kilometres
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The same report describes the lens range.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
Claim 18 clm-dc9e2e83b22dc0fe quantitative
in September 2024 the National Police said more than 1,300 new cameras would be installed in Luanda
Published field
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What the mapping says
The police's director of telecommunications and IT announced the installation for the following days.
Caveat
An announcement; no source confirms how many were installed.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Ver Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024)
Claim 19 clm-f6e7c8240d5b9f3f descriptive
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
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
None of the reports, from the 2019 launch to the 2026 expansion, gives an outcome figure or cites an outside examination.
Caveat
The October 2021 report says many crimes were solved with the help of the cameras, without a number.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
  2. Ver Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024)
  3. Ver Angola — Cuanza Sul to get a CISP (press, 14 July 2026)
Claim 20 clm-4b88e4e8481df22c descriptive
Luanda's centre reports how much hardware it has and nothing about what the hardware did
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The centre's published figures are camera counts; none describes results.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021)
  2. Ver Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024)
Claim 21 clm-3928f90b261ad5bb descriptive
Angola's video-surveillance law took effect only after the cameras were switched on
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The law entered into force on 22 January 2020; the centre's trial run began in June 2019 with more than 700 cameras installed by December.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Lei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO)
  2. Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Centro Integrado de Segurança Pública (CISP), Ministério do Interior
Actor types
national-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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8 source dossiers

Novo Jornal / ANGOP — CISP inaugurated (press, 29 Dec 2019) novojornal.co.ao · 8 linked claims

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src-01e91422b9316c2c
Publisher
Name not classified · novojornal.co.ao
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-12-29
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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.

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Menos Fios — CISP controls more than 1,200 cameras (technology press, Oct 2021) menosfios.com · 5 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · menosfios.com
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Published
2021-10-25
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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.

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Claims linked
Menos Fios — CESP inaugurated in Luanda (technology press, May 2020) menosfios.com · 2 linked claims

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src-617d2904bbe953c5
Publisher
Name not classified · menosfios.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-05-08
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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) rna.ao · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · rna.ao
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-01-05
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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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Claims linked
Ver Angola / Lusa — first CISP inaugurated (press, 3 Jan 2020) verangola.net · 5 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · verangola.net
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web-page · language not classified
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2020-01-03
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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.

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Ver Angola — 1,300 new cameras for Luanda (press, 24 Sept 2024) verangola.net · 4 linked claims

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src-fc017b9f58ae27e8
Publisher
Name not classified · verangola.net
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2024-09-24
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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.

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Ver Angola — Cuanza Sul to get a CISP (press, 14 July 2026) verangola.net · 2 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · verangola.net
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web-page · language not classified
Published
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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Claims linked
Lei n.º 2/20 de 22 de Janeiro — Video Surveillance Law (LEX.AO) lex.ao · 4 linked claims

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src-9ea85fddd239a4de
Publisher
Name not classified · lex.ao
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2020-01-22
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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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  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
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