Police patrols, on the streets of Mysuru, will get an upgrade as the city will soon be getting seven-seater patrol vehicles, like those recently inducted by the Bengaluru City Police.
These ‘hi-tech’ patrol vehicles might join the existing fleet of patrol vehicles before Dasara with Mysuru being a key tier-II city.
Police Commissioner B. Dayananda told The Hindu that the city police will induct the new breed of patrol vehicles sooner or later. “Their joining the existing fleet of patrol vehicles is certain but I cannot tell the date. Their arrival is in the offing,” he said.
Mysuru is growing leaps and bounds, with a number of layouts coming up in a radius of over 10 kilometres here, necessitating more vehicles and policemen for patrolling.
Following crimes and accidents, patrolling on the outer ring road (ORR) had been stepped up by the police on the demand from the local residents and local elected representatives.
With Mysuru enjoying the status of a preferred tourist destination, the need for inducting more patrol vehicles had become the need of the hour.
Sources told The Hindu that exact number of new vehicles is not known, but the city is expected to get a “good number” of vehicles considering its magnitude.
At present, the mobile squads, Garuda and Police Control Room (PCR) vehicles, patrol the city round-the-clock in shifts. Motorbike squads, Cheetah and Cobra, the quick response team, also function here.
The recently-introduced patrol vehicles in Bengaluru come with features like 3G-enabled mobile data terminal for maps, route assistance for faster response time; computer aided dispatch for sending vehicle closest to the spot; remote supervisory dashboards for real-time monitoring and GPS-based live tracking system, according to information available.
As police patrol vehicles are among the first to reach spots in case of accidents, first-aid kits become more helpful for offering immediate medical help to the needy before the ambulances and medical teams rush to the spot.
The police here had launched patrol vehicles for women’s safety on the lines of police control room (PCR) patrol vehicles, the Chamundi Vanita Sahayavani, which patrol areas around women’s colleges and hostels, and places frequented by girls and women to instil a sense of security.
The Mahila police swing into action in case the women needed help or protection.
Two vehicles had been launched in three police sub-divisions here for dawn to dusk patrolling.
