Patrol vehicles to have CCTV cameras
Posted on: 10/May/2013 4:07:52 PM
Patrol vehicles will now be installed with CCTV cameras that will enhance surveillance across the city. The feed will then be transmitted to mobile phones and tablets of police personnel. The system is already in place in jeeps patrolling Shastri Nagar, Kannathur, Tiruvanmiyur, Mambalam, Kodambakkam and Selaiyur.
“The cameras will be connected to a router and will transmit data via a 3G connection. The footage can be streamed and viewed within minutes on our mobile phones or laptops through a special software. This will helps us assess the situation on the ground and guide our personnel’, said an official. ‘Thanks to these cameras, the police were able to record most of the anti-Sri Lanka protests that rocked the city recently. The system has also been used to monitor other law and order situations… After the anti-Sri Lanka protests, police commissioner S. George made a recommendation which asked for the implementation of the mobile CCTV surveillance system across city police limits. In the police budget presented recently in the State assembly, Rs. 2 crore was sanctioned for this project.’
