E-cops project gets underway in Warangal district

Warangal: The police in the district are turning tech savvy and soon take advantage of the information available on the network connecting District Police Office with all important police stations.

Inspector General of Police (Computer Services) M Mahender Reddy reviewed the arrangements for grounding the e-cops project in the district at a preparatory meeting held here on Sunday.

Discussing with district police officials, Mahender Reddy explained the features of the project to the police personnel and the proposed plan to include the Warangal district in State-wide ‘e-cops’ project.

As many as 21 circle and other offices were given desktops while 20 police officials were given laptop computers, bought with a loan from the AP Grameen Vikas Bank.

The district police administration formed a ‘IT core team’ that comprises six system administrators, four hardware and network maintenance personnel, two database administrators and three master trainers to implement the ‘e-cops’ project.

To make use of the computer technology, the district police authority recently recruited about 60 computer literate Home Guards. The newly recruited personnel and all station writers were given training by the National Institute of Technology (NIT).

Addressing the police personnel, IG (Computers) M Mahender Reddy exhorted the policemen to keep abreast with the latest advances in technology to survive the competition and challenges.

Speaking on the occasion, Superintendent of Police Soumya Mishra said the district police administration had made all arrangements to make the e-cops project a success. NIT director, Y V Rao appreciating the efforts of the police, assured that the institute was ready to extend its cooperation to the police in their endeavours to upgrade their offices.

Chairman of AP Grameena Vikas Bank A Anantha Krishna too came forward to extend loans liberally to the policemen, who were interested in acquiring laptops and other technical equipment to help them function effectively.

The Home Guards who secured top positions at the recently given training programme – P Raju, O Harikishan Raju and M Purnachander – were awarded prizes by Mahender Reddy.