Panama City Municipal Video Surveillance & Panic Button Network
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Panama City runs a 24/7, 100-camera surveillance hub — but its 30 street-side panic buttons (plus 20 more in Colón) don't call city hall. Alarms go straight to Panama's National Operations Center instead.
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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 →Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ Panama City city profile · 🏞️ Public space guide · 🏛️ Governance projects
Panama City's municipal video surveillance center has run 24/7 since around 2018, with 100+ cameras across public spaces. Paired 'Botón del Pánico' intercom-and-camera posts — 30 in Panama City, 20 in Colón — route citizen alarms to Panama's National Operations Center for a monitored response.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Panama City Municipal Video Surveillance & Panic Button Network” — Panama City, Panama. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/panama-city-smartcenter/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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