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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Aug 28: Within the limits of the city police commissionerate, a programme, 'a day for women's safety' with the concept of 'your call to 112 - visit by us to our place' was organized on Saturday August 28 on the model of a campaign. The city police seem to have been kept on high alert after the gang rape incident at Mysuru sent shock waves through the state.
The programme is aimed at sensitising the people to make more and more use of the ERSS number 112. From 8 am to 5 pm today, a team of over a hundred police officials including the police commissioner which includes women police personnel, will be responding to public calls to Emergency Response Support System - ERSS 112. Officers of the department including the commissioner and deputy commissioner will be visiting the area from where the calls are received. Olympian M R Poovamma, who was the chief guest, unveiled the programme.
The police commissioner had earlier informed that the people can make use of this opportunity to bring to the notice of the police issues like family problems of the women, harassment to girl students, problems faced at public places, bus stands, railway stations etc, harassment at the workplace, cyber problem, photo viral, calls to private mobile phones, mischief through SMS, creating problems for the tourists and such other cases.
"We will respond instantly irrespective whether the callers are girl students, young ladies, women, senior citizens etc. If you inform us of your place, we will immediately come to your homes to discuss the matter. Even though the weekend curfew is in force on Saturday, it will not create problems for you to bring your problems to our notice," he clarified.
He said that this is a small effort by the commissionerate to ensure that the women are safer in the city. He requested the citizens to cooperate with the commissionerate in its efforts. He said that in addition to bringing their own problems to the notice of police, people can also draw the attention of the police towards the problems that are noticed by them in the neighbourhoods. He assured that the details of the discussions will be kept a secret.
It is learnt that over 20 emergency vehicles of the department will be put to use for the purpose. The ERSS vehicle will reach the spot from where the emergency call is received, within 15 minutes. Within the city limits, the response time is just five minutes by which the vehicle reaches the spot. The police commissioner personally checked the response time by making a call on a trial basis. The department has asked the women and girl students to make use of the number 112 in case of emergencies.