Number plate recognition cameras installed in city
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Now, police will keep tabs on movement of vehicles
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Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha, left, commissioning the ANPR facility at Teppakulam in Madurai on Thursday. | Photo Credit:
R. Ashok
Now, police will keep tabs on movement of vehicles
Madurai
Madurai City Police have installed automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras at all the entry points to Madurai and at important junctions inside the city to keep tabs on movement of vehicles.
The high-resolution cameras will automatically capture the images of number plates of all the vehicles when they cross the point where they have been installed. Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha commissioned the facility installed at Teppakulam junction on Thursday. He said that by employing the new technology, the police could monitor movement of suspicious vehicles, prevent crimes and also pursue investigation of cases where veh
Now, you need not dread going to a police station
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Reception centre opened in all 27 police stations to guide petitioners
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The reception centre at Mathichiyam police station, first of its kind in Madurai, has proved to be a successful model. | Photo Credit:
G. Moorthy
Reception centre opened in all 27 police stations to guide petitioners
Often people with a grievance hesitate to enter a police station fearing indifferent or cold response they might get from the police personnel. Besides, they fear that they might be forced to wait for hours together.
To put an end to these apprehensions, Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha has opened reception centres at all the 27 police stations in the city. Each police station will have a receptionist, preferably a woman police constable or head constable, to receive petitioners and complainants. “We have provided furniture in the front office so that people can sit comfortably before airing
Motorbikes with altered silencers seized
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They were scaring the wits of other road users
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They were scaring the wits of other road users
In a drive against two-wheelers that were making a din with altered silencers, Madurai city police seized 128 such motorbikes in the last five days.
A statement said based on the instructions of Commissioner of Police Prem Anand Sinha, the city traffic police conducted special vehicle check in which 128 motorbikes were seized. The loud noise made due to alteration of the silencers were scaring the wits of other road users, especially women, elderly people and children. It would also lead to accidents, the statement said.