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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (HB)
Udupi, Jan 23: The Udupi district police on Monday January 23 received three new Innova cars from the state government to patrol the national highway. District superintendent of police K T Balakrishna flagged off the new cars at the SP office, Bannanje here.
SP Balakrishna said, "The cars will be functional in three distinct places within the district. One will work from Hejamadi border to Udyavar, another from Udyavar to Kumbhashi, and third from Kumbashi to the Byndoor-Shiroor border. There will be an assistant police inspector, trained police personnel, and a driver for each car, all being trained for the specific task. The cars will work round-the-clock.
Pointing out to the features of the car, the SP further said, "The car has all the advanced requirements like first aid box, foldable stretcher, recording facility, an advanced 180-degree camera, high capacity siren lights, tri-coloured lightbar, multi-sound public addressing system, power back-up with power inverter facility, GPRS - GPS has been set up and also wireless code facility also available in the multi-featured patrolling car.
In case of an emergency more police personnel will be provided for help.
A wireless center also has been set up in the SP's office to receive alert message from the vehicle.
This will avert crimes and accidents that occur on highways. The trained personnel will help by responding to the injured and will carry them to hospital immediately. The initiative will also help curb robberies, theft, illegal trafficking and many illegal activities.
Contact details of the control room, police station, ambulance and fire station will be displayed on the car.
SP Balakrishna urged the public to avail the resource whenever required.
Addressing media persons on the shortage of staff the SP said, "The is shortage of staff in the police department and it is a continuous problem. It is optimal to work with the existing police force."
On controlling speeding vehicles he said, "Under modernization scheme, the police unit is procuring, at the Bengaluru center, resources to better manage traffic offences. Under this project, 53 high-definition cameras will be installed along the highway from Kerala to the Kasargod border. The camaras will have a capacity to capture images upto many kilometers. There will be a sophisticated control room, which will monitor the footages."
SP Balakrishna further said, "There is a traffic signal problem in the city, but we will rectify the problem soon. There were 15 functional CCTV cameras in the city. But now, some of them do not work due technical glitches. We will soon redress the problem."
DySP Kumaraswamy, ASP Vishnuvardan and others were present.