Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Tuesday directed the officers concerned to install night vision CCTV cameras at railway stations, bus stands, markets and other important places in every city of the State to curb crime incidents.
“For installation of CCTV cameras across the state, a plan should be prepared,” Vij directed while presiding over a review meeting with senior officers of the Home and Police Departments here.
He also said that cyber crime police stations will be opened in every district of the state so that the increasing cyber crime could be checked. Trained staff will be deployed in cyber crime police stations so that quick action can be implemented. Apart from this, IT professionals will also be appointed in these cyber stations, for which the work of creating posts will be done soon, Vij said.
During the meeting, the Minister was apprised that till last December 2021, cyber help desks had been set up in all police stations of the state. Cyber crime stations have also been set up in Gurugram, Faridabad and Panchkula commissionerate districts as well as in five IG range districts.
Vij was also informed that the work of integrating the CCTV cameras installed so far with the Command Centre is being done. Apart from this, cameras installed by private organizations and private individuals have also been called upon to connect them with the command centre. The police officers apprised Vij that 90 percent of crimes are solved with the help of CCTV footage.
Regarding the training of police officers and police personnel, Vij was apprised that training courses would be conducted for police officers and jawans under the new syllabus as prescribed by the Centre. It was also informed that a centralized data bank is being created so that the information of any criminal can be easily available.
The Home Minister was also informed that squad teams have been formed in Gurugram and Faridabad and attention is being paid to crowded places like malls. Vij said that people dealing in drugs also have links with other groups, so such sleeper cells etc. should also be thoroughly investigated.
He said that action will now be taken in all the districts to crack down on those involved in drug dealing, under which coordinating committees would be formed. Along with this, drug de-addiction centres will be opened in all the districts, for which provision of minimum 10 beds has been made in these centres and people will be made aware of the same, he added.
It was further informed in the meeting that de-addiction centres have been opened in the jails of Rohtak and Hisar-1 and soon de-addiction centres would be established in every jail.