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Use your mobile phone, be a crime buster this Onam season

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Tvm: With the Onam celebrations at its peak in the capital city, the Kerala Police has decided to take the help from people on the streets to curb crime and mischief mongers. People can shoot / record crime using their mobile phone cameras and then mail the pictures / videos to the Cyber Cell at these email ids: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .


According to the Police Officials, the mobile phone users will be a ‘force multiplier’ and will help in enhancing their ability to detect and apprehend criminals. This should also deter potential offenders. The Police are also deploying over 80 plainclothesmen and women across Thiruvananthapuram during the week long Onam festivities which began from today. They will be carrying carry spy cams - pen shaped concealed cameras with extended audio video recording capability. The plainclothes units will be targeting chain snatchers and others who move in the crowd to pester and stalk women, especially unaccompanied women and children.

The Police have installed about 120 cameras at the various venues across the city as part of their surveillance network during the Onam celebrations. They are hopeful that these cameras will instil a sense of security among revellers at the festival venues.

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Comments (3)
1 Friday, 09 September 2011 04:23
michael
The are fine but cell phones do not take good pictures from a distance. Some pictures could put some innocent people in a situation where they could be innocent bystanders and have a picture taken that could get them involved without know it. Use real security cameras that can be worn without anyone knowing.
2 Thursday, 05 January 2012 11:01
sagar
Why don't you install CCTVs every where or ask shops in cities to install CCTVs in front of them to prevent theft. This can prevent a lot of crimes in the city.
3 Monday, 20 February 2012 08:10
steve perry
can law inforcment ask you to do an illegal act and vedio the act with a cell phone and come back and arrest you?

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