Ballari police can now maintain law and order in a high-tech manner for bandobust during VVIPs visit, ‘jatras’ and whenever there is a large congregation, by using drone cameras.
Ballari is among the six districts in Hyderabad-Karnataka to be given two sophisticated drone cameras each costing Rs. 1.5 lakh, by the Hyderabad-Karnatak Region Development Board.
R. Chetan, Superintendent of Police, on Saturday, along with Vijay Dambal, Additional SP, conducted a demonstration of these cameras flying in the air and capturing the events happening below.
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“We will use these cameras for surveillance during the visit of VVIPs, and wherever there are gatherings during jatras, agitation or group clashes. These cameras could fly up to a height of 500 metres and could be controlled with a remote in a radius of 2 km. This will help us monitor the situation effectively,” he told presspersons.
Four constables have undergone training to operate these cameras, which run on battery, having a life of 30 minutes, and control its movement and also the lenses of the camera, by a remote.
Each camera has a capacity to record, both video and stills, upto 32GB , he said.
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