The decree, signed by the Secretary of State for Internal Administration, Telmo Correia, states that the system, which began operating on 22 May 2014, has undergone "successive renewals for periods of two years" and, subsequently, for a period of three.

Now, according to the decree, the National Directorate of the Public Security Police (PSP) has submitted a new renewal request, "justifying it on the maintenance of the assumptions that determined the initial authorisation of the system and on the fact that Bairro Alto, in Lisbon, is one of the busiest areas of the city, where crimes of various kinds occur, from petty crime to violent and serious crime."

In July, the Lisbon City Council announced it wants to sign a second agreement with the PSP (Public Security Police) to install 500 video surveillance cameras in Parque das Nações, Almirante Reis and Avenida da Liberdade, in a €12 million investment.

At a meeting of the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, councillor Joana Baptista said 126 cameras are currently in operation: 27 in Bairro Alto, 32 in Campo das Cebolas, 30 in Cais do Sodré, 17 in Restauradores and 20 in Ribeira das Naus.

The next phase, she detailed, is the installation of 116 cameras in the Pombaline downtown area and in Santa Apolónia, in an investment of €3.5 million to be included in the municipal budget between 2027 and 2028, which includes interventions in the 1st Police Station and the Lisbon Metropolitan Command (Cometlis) of the PSP.