Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (MS)
Udupi, Apr 6: A private security firm of Kundapur and the police department started a joint venture in 2019 to prevent theft incidents in the night and looting which was successfully implemented in Kundapur. Now it is getting extended to Udupi also.
SP Akshay Hakay Machhindra and additional SP S T Siddalingappa have made preparations to implement this plan in Udupi under the name Safe Udupi. As a second stage of the plan, Udupi subdivision DySP Dinakar and city station officer Manjappa have held more than 10 meetings with entrepreneurs and Jewellery owners’ association to create awareness.
Jewellery owners have already agreed to install camera under the new plan. Around 20 cameras were installed from March 23 in the city.
The security firm installs the cameras free of cost. The user should pay Rs 2000 every month for one camera. Monitoring will be done every day from 8 pm to 6 am and if required, 24x7 direct monitoring is also done. In this system, direct viewing is only possible. When there is suspicion of any untoward incident, the same is downloaded in the system. Hence, even if there is an issue in the hard disk at the crime scene, the visuals are safe with the security firm. The firm informs the beat police, station and concerned owner through phone. All cameras are ultra HD and clearly record the sound. A month-long record of visuals are available with the firm.
Already 250 cameras of the security firm are functioning and 19 people are doing direct viewing. They install one camera free for every 10 cameras installed for the safety of the society.