A new wing called ‘D-CAMO (Drones and Cameras Maintenance Organization) has been established by the Hyderabad police for effective maintenance and repairs of surveillance cameras and drones. It will concentrate on the operation of all CCTV cameras as well as drone repairs, projects, and execution.
The wing will be led by an officer with the rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Assistant Commissioner of Police, and it will be divided into four sub-wings.
On Friday, City Police Commissioner CV Anand held a high-level review meeting with all DCPs and above rank officers, during which he discussed a variety of important issues concerning public safety and security, as well as other administrative issues. A review was also conducted on the crimes pending for want of arrests, investigation, FSL reports, charge sheets.
“An independent third party audit will be carried out across the city to identify the grey spots lacking CCTV coverage and to check the working condition of the existing cameras,” Anand said.
Meanwhile, the Police Commissioner was satisfied with the overwhelming response to the online amusement licences system, which received over 1,183 applications in the last few weeks.
Anand directed officials to bind over anti-social elements ahead of various festivals.
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To combat cybercrime, Police to acquire latest software and gadgets
The investigation into cybercrime will be greatly aided by the city police acquiring the latest software and gadgets required for the task.
Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand approved the acquisition of the necessary latest software and gadgets in order to improve the investigation into cybercrime cases.
“We are taking up capacity building of cybercrime station. It will get an instate cybercrime investigation center and we will be training police station staff to tackle cybercrimes investigation,” he said. In 2022, the city reported 2,249 cases of cybercrime.
Anand discussed topics such as crime prevention and detection, pendency clearances, enhancing visible policing, and other challenges affecting citizens at a meeting attended by officials from various wings of the Hyderabad police who presented their action plan for the year 2023.
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