The Chhattisgarh Police will soon be launching a mobile application Citizen Cop to curb crime and ensure safety of women by involving active participation of citizens.
Chief Minister Raman Singh is likely to launch the application on September 8.
“Citizen Cop is a people-friendly mobile-based public safety application to empower every citizen to be a powerful Cop’’ , Raipur Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) GP Singh said.
“Since approaching police stations to report every petty crime has been felt a lengthy process, this application would help citizens to report the crime, lost articles and seek emergency help at the time of distress at the click of a button,” he said.
C’garh Police to soon launch mobile App ‘Citizen Cop’This user-friendly safety application has been developed in response to the concern and needs of the citizens to enlist their cooperation and participation in creating a safe, secure and crime-free society,” Singh said.
He said that hopefully, the application will prove to be an effective tool for every citizen, to communicate with the police officers and will also help in establishing a relationship of trust and gaining confidence in the hearts of the citizens.
The mobile application is likely to offer unique features, including reporting an incident, my safe zone (this can flag a safe zone on goggle map by Geo fencing its boundary), call administration, fare calculation, vehicle search (this function helps the user get details on any vehicle regarding its owner, model information and other), emergency call (this option provides a list of all emergency numbers), help me (this option has been created especially for women safety), report lost article (this will allow the user to report any lost article/documents in the State and City), call police, towing vehicle search (information regarding location of towed vehicle can be sought by this feature), news updates and others.