Bangalore: The mobile patrol squad of the city police, Hoysala, will soon be linked to the Police Control Room through Global Positioning System (GPS).

The GPS used by the police will be a radio navigation system that will enable the control room track in real time the location and movements of all patrol vehicles on a digitised map of the city.

Police personnel in the control room can find instantly where a patrol vehicle is at a given moment and direct it to anywhere it has to be rushed to. The control room will have the advantage of knowing which vehicles are closest to a crime scene and the police can attend to the situation promptly with minimum loss of time.

Another addition to the police control room will be the Dial 100 system which citizens use to get police assistance or report a crime. The phone number to be called for complaints related to traffic remains 103. The difference now will be that the police officer recording the details of the call from a citizen can forward it to a computer system, which will generate a docket for each complaint or report.

The computer screens will also flash scroll messages about events related to crime, law and order or traffic. This means the police have real time information about an event requiring immediate attention such as a major accident, robbery or murder.

With most major police stations now on a computer network, efficiency is expected to considerably improve once the new systems are in place.

According to senior police officers, these two systems will speed up the response time and will be valuable in dealing with emergencies quickly.

The city police will spend Rs. 1.16 crores for acquiring and installing the new systems. The tender process has been completed, they said.

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