Coimbatore: Coimbatore City police commissioner V Balakrishnan said on Thursday a foot patrol The system will come into force on Friday evening to improve visual policing and relations with the public.
Under this system, he said police officers from sub-inspector of police to deputy commissioner of police would visit a road daily and interact with the general public, traders, hawkers, autorickshaw drivers and others from 5 pm to 7 pm .
“Foot patrolling will start in all 15 police station areas of the city on Friday evening. This will help in reducing the distance between the police and the general public. The daily presence of police on the streets will also help in reducing the crimes,” said the city’s top police officer.
Pointing out that the four wheeler patrolling system was not yielding good results, Balakrishnan said he asked the station officers to identify important points in their jurisdiction and deploy patrol vehicles there for more than an hour daily, Balakrishnan said. was asked so that it could be more effective. ,
The city police commissioner inspected the Bazar (B1) police station on Thursday and found that the traffic cops were not wearing body cameras while on duty. “I have advised them to wear body cameras while on duty, as the video can be used as evidence if motorists get into unwanted fights with them.”
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