Pasig City’s smart public safety system, one of Asia’s best [Video]

Pasig City’s Smart Public Safety Management System Project was chosen one of the most outstanding smart city projects in Asia Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) at the recently concluded IDC Smart City Asia Pacific Awards.

From 148 outstanding smart city projects, Pasig City was among the 19 winners in the region.

The winning entries were selected across 12 functional categories with China, Taiwan and Singapore as the biggest winners claiming five, four and three awards respectively. Other winning countries include Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Hong Kong, and the Philippines.

The IDC Smart City Asia Pacific Awards (SCAPA) selects “smart city” solutions that “deliver better urban planning and operational efficiencies, [and] influence widespread knowledge capital transformation with government employees, local businesses, and residents so cities can develop more sustainably,” as explained by Gerald Wang of IDC Government Insights and IDC Health Insights, Asia Pacific.

Pasig’s public safety project includes a number of initiatives:

1. Computer Aided Dispatch, with real-time sending …