The Karimnagar district police machinery has decided to upgrade the Karimnagar, Peddapalli, Godavarikhani and Vemulawada temple towns as ‘smart police towns’ in a phased manner.
It may be recalled that Sircilla Textile town was converted into a ‘smart police town’ with the installation of electronic gates, CCTV cameras, traffic signals, GPRS system for patrolling vehicles, FM radio service to alert people, online portal to receive petitions and counselling centre recently.
Talking to newsmen here on Monday, Superintendent of Police V. Shiva Kumar said that the ‘smart police towns’ would be developed in Karimnagar and other important towns of the district to check crime and take preventive measures accordingly. It was also decided to ensure that people are able to lodge their complaints through WhatsApp in all the six sub-divisions in the district. The legal cell will also be strengthened to punish criminals involved in various offences.
Listing the achievements of the police department, he said that they had introduced webcasting to ensure peaceful conduct of polling. He also explained how Information Technology would be put to use to check crime in the district.
Crime against womenKarimnagar district tops in crime against women in general and dowry related cases in particular.
This year, a total of 1,304 cases were registered in the district as against 1,273 cases last year. Nine dowry killings took place this year as compared to eight last year. There were 32 dowry deaths compared to 39 dowry deaths last year. OSD L. Subbarayudu, Additional SP (admn) B. Janardhan Reddy and others were also present.
