A Modern Integrated District Police Control Room was inaugurated at the police headquarters here on Tuesday in the presence of Northern Range DIG Satyabrata Bhoi and Sambalpur DIG Sanjeev Arora.
The Control Room will function round-the-clock and is equipped with modern technology in which 100 dialing facilities, monitoring the movement of 13 PCR vehicles of the district, photography of all vulnerable areas of Sambalpur town through CCTV will be available.
The populace of the district can avail the facility of ‘100’ dialing systems which will connect directly to District Control Room and immediate steps be taken to redress the grievances through the control room. The movement of vehicular traffic i.e triple riding, rash driving, driving without helmet and number plate, movement of criminals and antisocial will be directly monitored at district control.
CCTV surveillance will facilitate traffic management and also the management of law and order at the time of fairs and festivals.
After its functioning, the control room is expected to decrease the response time of police. Previously there were nine PCR vehicles functioning in the district. Another four PCR vehicles were flagged off on the day.