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Yet another attempt to prevent crime Law & order

The movement of vehicles can be monitored from
the master terminal, says
R. Rajaram

Expanding their technology-oriented initiative to make policing more effective, the city police have put in place a satellite-based automatic vehicle tracking system which will help in spotting the exact location of vehicles of all senior officers attached to the Law and Order, Crime and Traffic Wings.

Courtesy funds sanctioned by the Government, the city police authorities are equipping the vehicles of all Inspectors of Police, Assistant Commissioners of Police and the Deputy Commissioner of Police with modern tracking equipment which has an inbuilt Global Positioning System (GPS) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) system.

In all, 30 city police vehicles will be brought under the satellite-based automatic tracking system for Rs.5.63 lakh has been granted by the Government, according to police officials. The ‘tamper-proof’ tracking equipment, which is fitted with GPRS-enabled SIM card, will be connected to an antenna fitted atop each vehicle to capture the latitude, longitude and the speed of the vehicle. Through the GPRS system the equipment will transmit messages to the communication server installed in the modern police control room through internet protocol. The communication server will decode the messages and store them in the database.

Through a digital map of Tiruchi city, with street level details, which has already been installed in the terminal in the police control room, the location of every vehicle fitted with the tracking equipment can automatically be monitored round-the-clock. Besides the control room, the movement of the vehicles can also be monitored from the master terminal installed in the chamber of the Commissioner of Police and in the terminal in the offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Police.

The speed with which the vehicle moves, the particular place it is stationed and for how long and the time taken to reach an emergency spot could all be known through this system. Further each vehicle will also be equipped with a communication system through which the control room can contact a particular vehicle in case of any emergency, say the authorities. The installation of the tracking equipment is yet another modernisation step aimed at crime prevention and traffic regulation, says Commissioner of Police Pramod Kumar.

Since the location of every Inspector and Assistant Commissioner will be known through this system, it will help in directing the police officer to rush to the nearest troubled spot and attend the problem immediately, he adds. The Commissioner said all Inspectors and Assistant Commissioners had been directed to conduct checks for four hours in the morning and evening.

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