Highway Patrolling Vehicles to serve Emergency and Security Concerns
Udupi: Highway patrol vehicles will effectively serve emergency and security issues said District Superintendent of Police K.T Balakrishna. He was speaking after launching 3 highway patrol vehicles commissioned for Udupi district at the district police headquarters here on January 23.
The patrol vehicles will be covering 3 beat sectors on National Highway 66. The beats recognised are Hejamadi district border to Udyavar, Udyavar to Kumbashi and Kumbashi to district border Shiroor. The vehicle will be monitored by Additional Superintendent of Police and other police stations in the jurisdiction of NH 66. The vehicle will be headed by Assistant Sub-Inspector followed with a police constable and driver.
The vehicle is well equipped with 180-degree high-definition camera and voice recorder, stretcher, first aid kit and wireless device for effective communication with the control room. The vehicle also has an 180-degree search light, GPRS and GPS. The camera fitted to the vehicle can record videos effectively and the device will back up the videos for future monitoring.
The phone numbers are attached to the vehicle, people can call the vehicle for emergency purposes like accidents and thefts on national highways. The patrolling team will address the issues of the people and will contact the control room for backup if needed. The patrol teams will serve round the clock on the national highway.
The vehicle staff are effectively trained to give first aid and the vehicle will even serve emergency services.
While questioned on the managing of manpower for the vehicle as there is shortage of staff, SP said that shortage is not the problem, policing is just effectively serving the people.
Answering to a question on controlling speeding vehicles he said that the state government will be launching 53 cameras having speed trackers on the NH limits, he added.
ASP Vishnuvardhan, DySP Kumarswamy and others were present.
