A total of 25 new vehicles — Maruti Suzuki Ertiga — will be added to the existing fleet of Garuda patrol vehicles of the Mysuru City Police soon.
The new patrol vehicles, which have already reached the city, are expected to be formally flagged off by district in-charge Minister H.C. Mahadevappa early next week.
City Police Commissioner A. Subramanyeshwara Rao said the Police Department is aiming to bring down the response time of “Dial 100” with the addition of these new patrol vehicles. “We want to bring down the response time from the existing seven to eight minutes to less than five minutes. We are already achieving international standards on the response time and we aim to reach three to four minutes,” he said.
The city police already has around 16 Garuda patrol vehicles, which are Mahindra Bolero jeeps, besides eight mobile Police Control Rooms (PCR) in the city. Already, each law and order police station, except the newly launched Hebbal and Alanahalli police stations, have one Garuda patrol vehicle. One PCR is shared by two police stations. The new swanky patrol vehicles, fitted with sirens and with “Garuda police” and “Dial 100” printed on them, are also equipped with necessary policing gadgets. Each Garuda vehicle has an individual contact number which is also printed on the vehicle. “The vehicles will have the regular stretcher and first aid kit,” said a police officer. While each PCR have three personnel, a Garuda patrol vehicle will have two, the officer added.
