Saint-tienne in the French province of Loire will install 50 sound sensors in a complex security complex, using these sound systems to report suspicious sounds to the municipal police, the first time in France. It is reported that the French Information Protection Committee (Cnil) has approved the monitoring system, and the trial period begins in early March.

According to the news, in order to ensure the safety of 7,000 households in the Tarantes-Pobla-Cori area, the Saint-Etienne municipality decided to try the sound monitoring system, which is a security measure that has not been done in France so far. The measure will be tested for six months.

Specifically, 50 sound sensors will be installed in the neighborhood as a supplement to the surveillance video system. This sensor is only slightly larger than the two-euro coin and is mounted at a higher position for better tracking of the sound. "A scream, an accident, an attack, these intelligent microphones can distinguish abnormal sounds, but the system does not allow dialogue to be recorded, or even to hear the dialogue, its role is only to issue an alarm." The municipality explained. According to Sebastian Vara, director of information and digital systems at Saint-Etienne, the alarms from the sound sensors will be communicated to the municipal police's supervisory center via a digital platform.

Saint-Etienne City Councillors Jean-Pierre Berger and Jean-Noel Konat also said that citizens can rest assured that these monitoring devices will not be used to monitor residents, and their goal is to build a real ¡°Smart City¡±, through the development of various innovative systems to make citizens live more safe and comfortable, including the installation of smart meters and various applications, to ensure street safety is part of the smart plan.