Cancún to Expand Video Surveillance Network With 190 Million Peso Investment

Cancún, Quintana Roo — The Benito Juárez municipal government plans to steer about 190 million pesos into security equipment by the end of 2026, including 1,000 neighborhood cameras installed at 250 monitoring points, Mayor Ana Patricia Peralta announced.

The investment package also covers 300 portable radios, a TETRA radio communications system, 10 highway archways and a data center, along with uniforms, bulletproof vests and other protective gear for police officers.

According to the breakdown presented by the mayor, roughly 174 million pesos will come from Fortamun, the federal fund that supports municipal governments, while another 16 million pesos will come from the city’s environmental sanitation fee.

Peralta said money from that sanitation fee has also paid for projects such as the Titán police base, police posts in the hotel zone and equipment for the Tourist Police, including body cameras and electric stun devices.

For the 2027 budget, she said the city is weighing an increase in the Fortamun funds earmarked for security, though she stressed the adjustment is still under review and will have to be settled while next year’s budget is drafted.

The mayor discussed the plans after taking part in the plenary session of the National Conference of Municipal Public Security, where officials addressed police professionalization, the use of federal resources, community policing and civic justice.

She added that the meeting also raised the need to keep municipalities, state authorities and federal forces working together, including the Mexican Navy, the National Guard and the Mexican Army.