Mangalore, February 21: City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh has said that talks are on to get a space in Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) for the buildings of Mangalore Police Commissionerate.
He was speaking in an interaction programme organised by Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here recently.
He said the space is needed to keep arms, vehicles and to set up quarters and parade grounds.
The specific location will be identified after the authorities of MSEZ look into the proposal. Only initial talks had begun and formal request was yet to be made in this regard, he said, adding that identifying land in an area like Konaje might be possible but that it would be in a “corner.”
The commissionerate and district police required 25 acres of land for logistical support as well as housing for the police.
Singh said he had been asked to identify land to set up a Rapid Action Force unit in Mangalore by the Central Reserve Police Force.
The cameras to be procured for the new traffic management system for the city would send real time visuals to the control room, keeping up with the wireless radio, thus enabling the police coordinate their actions accordingly.
Singh said the tenders to procure 32 cameras had been invited. The dome-shaped PTZ (pan tilt zoom) cameras would provide 360-degree visuals to the police, helping them keep an eye on traffic violation and maintain law and order.
These cameras would be placed at important junctions in the city, he said.
New handheld fine collecting machines with customised software have made the work of the police much easier and also ensured transparency, he said.
The machines record all data with regard to a traffic offence, which could be accessed by the Commissioner. Wheel-locking machines would be used soon, he said.
The new Police Control Room (PCR) vans are independent of police stations and coordinate directly with the control room. This would enable the officers in the van to reach a spot much faster than they would when they were under the control of a particular police station.
The Commissionerate had sent proposals for setting up two traffic police stations. A large number of fatal road accidents occurred outside the city on the highways, where traffic regulation was bad. At present, 30 officers on motorcycles are functioning as traffic police across the Commissionerate, he said.
Police assistance booths have been planned across the city, which would be open for a fixed number of hours, he said.
Another new concept to be introduced soon in the Commissionerate limits was a new interrogation room. Following complaints of human rights violations, the sound-proof interrogation room where video recording equipment was in place is necessary, Singh said.
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