The newly introduced City Patrol Cars will soon be enabled with Global Positioning System (GPS) making them more efficient and visually traceable at the centrally located control room. The Jharkhand Police, in order to make them people-friendly, is also planning to introduce some more changes in it, making a positive impact on the common man.
“These cars will soon be equipped with GPS so that their locations could be visually tracked on the digital map visible on the monitor, making it easier for us to guide them properly,” said ADG (Operations) SN Pradhan. Jharkhand Police have been trying to strengthen the control rooms, so that the person sitting there can track all patrol cars at the same time, which could be converged at any particular point in an emergency-like situation, Prahdan added. “Sitting before the digital map, officer deputed at the control room, will also be able to provide a clear picture of the exact situation on the basis of which, further action could be taken by them,” he said.
Besides, Pradhan said that there will also have a facility replay the movement of the vehicles again on the monitor. “It will help in fixing the accountability on any person, in case a mistake is committed by any official, who could also be warned for future,” said Pradhan. The patrol cars so far are getting good response from the people also posing a positive image of Police among the common man. “It has responded to more than 50 calls till date and have also picked up around 20 accident victims in association with the mobile medical units — ARMAR,” said the ADG.
Pradhan further added that these state of the art vehicles also passes on a positive impact on the common man besides providing all sort of comfort for the person sitting inside it. “It has an excellent visual impact on the common person, and is also the best which could be given for the service of the people,” said Pradhan. It is also a best example of the major shift of resources from service of the highly placed officials to the service of the citizens, added Pradhan.
Moreover, to make it more people friendly and comfortable, the police personnel will soon provide small weapons to the police personnel sitting inside it. “It is quite uncomfortable to sit in these patrol cars with large weapons hence, we have decided to provide them SIG SAUER pistols to all of them,” said Ranchi SSP Prabhat Kumar. Moreover, it will also create a positive image of police among the common man, he added.
Similarly, each of the PCR vans will also be allotted one dedicated mobile number to be kept inside it by the person in charge of the car, so that they could be easily contacted in the hour of need. Those numbers will also be publicized among the common people who can also contact them directly if required. Referring to the 12 hour shift duties of police personnel inside the van, the SSP ensured that they will soon be relieved from it once the forces engaged in elections comes back. “A large number of police force has been engaged in Municipal Polls, once they return back after the elections, we will put them on work and the sift hours will automatically come down,” the SSP said.
In the wake of the good response coming from the people, the number of PCR vans will soon be increased at least in the state capital and other major cities. Presently, there are 11 PCR vans in Ranchi deputed at important locations in the state capital like - Firayalal Chowk, Hot lips Chowk, Dhurwa Square, Hinoo Chowk, Syrum Toli Chowk, Kanke Chowk, lalpur Chowk, Booty More, Kanta Toli etc.
The fully air conditioned Special Utility Vans (SUV) remain static until they receive any direction from the control room. A total of 11 brand new City Patrol SUVs were launched by Chief Minster Raghubar Das on Wednesday for city patrolling. The vehicles keeps a close vigil at various important roundabouts responding in record time after getting a call from within its jurisdiction.