32% Reduction In Crime Rate With CCTVs In Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police's Community CCTV project 'Nenu Saitham' was a massive success in the city, with a 32 per cent reduction in the overall crime rate in the last three years, Director General of Police M Mahender Reddy said. Especially, with community involvement and active partnership in the project, the impact of CCTVs in Hyderabad City police jurisdiction saw a reduction in the number of chain snatching cases by a whopping 91 per cent in as many years.

After convening a state-wide conference on the community CCTV project in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad, the DGP stated that the city police shared the best practices adopted in rapidly rolling out the Community CCTV Project to the police units in the 31 revenue districts. Each CCTV acts as a force multiplier, with a a potential of 100 police personnel, besides being trusted by the public and by the Courts, he said.

In the conference the police forces took a resolution to install 10 lakh CCTV cameras in GHMC limits and 15 lakh cameras for the entire state in the next three years. With the support of the District Police authorities at all levels, the benefits of the CCTV project can be reaped through the contributions and participation of local communities across the state, Mahender Reddy said.

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