The Hindu

• The system has already been introduced in Bangalore and Mysore
• The department has received 250 readers and 3,750 tags
• Night beat constables will not be required to sign the point books Constables will not have to sign point books 

Mangalore, Aug 23: Dakshina Kannada district police will soon introduce the electronic beat system or "e-beat" in its Mangalore and Panambur sub-divisions. While the night beat constables will continue to carry the beat books with them, they will not have to sign the point books in future. Instead, they will carry with them "e-beat readers" that will be read by electronic-tags, equipment designed for the purpose.

According to B Dayananda, Superintendent of Police this system had been introduced in Bangalore and Mysore. Noting that the department had already received 250 readers and 3,750 tags, he said the system would be implemented once the police constables were trained to handle the readers. Although the department planned to introduce this system on Independence Day this year, it was delayed, he said.

The constable on night beat will carry the reader. The tags, fixed at pre-designated points, will recognise the readers once it enters a specified range, thereby capturing the time when the constables visit the spot. The station house officers in turn can verify if the beat constables have gone about their beat as prescribed, next day.

Dayananda said, the department planned to introduce "simputers" for better enforcement of traffic rules. The department had been in touch with companies who supplied such equipment. He felt that induction of simputers would give impetus to traffic policing in the city.

In the present system, violators were booked manually that made it difficult to verify the background of the driver and the vehicle.