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Digital voice logger for police

G. Anand

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Police Department will soon install electronic devices in all its district headquarters and police control rooms for recording wireless and telephone communications.

Official sources said the State police had purchased 20 "digital voice loggers" to be installed in 17 police districts, the Police Headquarters and other police units dealing with security and intelligence collection.

The devices could handle up to 20 channels of wireless and telephone communication. The "digital voice logger" could record up to 40,000 hours of communication per channel, informed sources said. The system is tamper-proof and the data stored cannot be edited, copied or deleted. The device, that cost approximately Rs.4 lakhs per unit, has been purchased using police modernisation funds.

An official said the system once installed would help the police serve the public better by improving police control room functioning. All calls made by citizens to police control rooms would be recorded. The system would enable senior officers to review police response to distress calls from the public. Toll free telephone lines such as the Traffic Helpline (1090) and police control room (100) would be connected to the digital voice logger, sources said. The city police control room in Thiruvananthapuram has ten telephone lines for handling calls from the public. The city police use two channels of wireless communication. One wireless channel is for law and order and the other for the exclusive use of the traffic police. Digital voice loggers would capture all wireless communication on the two channels.

The inputs from police wireless and select telephone lines would be stored in digital format in computer hard discs. Senior officers would be able to retrieve and replay the recorded voice data.

Top officials would be able to search the voice data log. The system could also be used to gather proof against pranksters who create public scare by making hoax calls.

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