Chinese technology helps reduce crime

Chinese technology has helped to reduce crime in Ecuador with an emergency warning and monitoring system called ECU 911.

The system provides residents with a toll-free emergency reporting hotline equipped with surveillance cameras. ECU 911 is a network system connecting Ecuador's security and disaster relief agencies, such as police, fire departments and the Red Cross, to improve their reaction speed.

Crime in this country has dropped significantly since the implementation of ECU 911 in 2012. The homicide rate, for example, has been halved from 2009's 18.74 to 2014's 8.13 per 100,000 inhabitants, according to local authorities.