The City of Sinj belongs to the Split-Dalmatia County and has a population of 24 832. He is known for his knightly game called Sinjska alka and his patron saint the Miraculous Lady of Sinj. It is the largest city in the Dalmatian hinterland, and the economic and geographical center of the Cetina region. It is rich in cultural and historical heritage and beautiful nature. The City of Sinj is attracting more and more tourists from year to year, which is evident in the statistics on tourist arrivals and overnight stays. Public safety is a fundamental factor in the development and sustainability of tourism as the most important economic branch in the Republic of Croatia. The City of Sinj boasts that it has been proclaimed the safest Croatian city for four consecutive years (2014-2017), however, during 2019, a number of media reports on the increase of crimes and misdemeanors in its area were released to the public. According to the personal impression of the survey participants, which was conducted in the summer of 2019, 53% rated the security situation in Sinj safe, while 47% considered the security situation in Sinj unsafe. An analysis of the jobs and the number of police officers in the Sinj Police Station was also carried out, which revealed that there were insufficient number of police officers in comparison to the population. The aim of this paper is primarily to encourage the implementation of video surveillance systems for public areas, to raise the level of public safety to a higher level and to make the City of Sinj in the Republic of Croatia and beyond recognized as a smart city investing in security and new technologies. All residents and employees of the City of Sinj need to "think globally and act locally" and be guided by the thought "who does not prosper, that declines. A comparative analysis of the system in question in selected cities and municipalities with the City of Sinj reveals that Sinj is lagging behind in its use. The paper outlines a number of advantages of a video surveillance system for public areas, while a very small number of disadvantages is stated, in accordance with the result of numerous analyzed sources. With a well-designed project, as the basic successful system of video surveillance of public areas of the City of Sinj, in which a logical matrix can be displayed, the source of financing for it will not be difficult to find.