The police have appealed to the petrol bunk owners here to strengthen the closed-circuit television camera network put up in the fuel stations with additional cameras and also with high-resolution and night vision to help the city police in deterring crimes and crime detection.
At a meeting of representatives of petrol bunk owners organised by the city police on Tuesday, Commissioner of Police Shailesh Kumar Yadav said that some of petrol bunks had limited number of cameras that could not cover the entire fuel station premises. “You should put up additional cameras so that the entry and exit of each vehicle is clearly visible,” he said.
Besides, the poor resolution of the cameras often failed to give the desired result of identifying anti-social elements involved in criminal activities. Similarly, he wanted the storage capacity of the hard drive to be good enough for taking back up of visuals for at least a month.
He also advised them to put up cameras with night vision facility. “Cameras installed for namesake often do not help us,” he said.
Mr. Yadav said that the cameras would help in ensuring safety of the staff and also the business. The city police were ready to provide technical support to the petrol bunk owners if required, he said. It would act as deterrence to criminal activities as antisocial elements would fear its presence, he said.
Similarly, he appealed to them to put up banners to create awareness of road safety. The Commissioner said that banners with a graphix saying “Your family is waiting for you. Ride safely,” at the fuel stations.
“Every vehicle user is bound to come to some or other fuel station for refuelling. Even if the hoarding on display instils sense of safe driving/riding on some of them, it will be a great success in reducing accidents in the city,” he said.
The city police would be conducting similar sensitisation programmes for hoteliers, hospitals and for big shops and commercial establishments.
Deputy Commissioners of Police, A.G. Babu (Traffic), A. Radhika (Law and Order) and V. Jayanthi (Crime), were present.
