Update database of stolen vehicles on a daily basis: Delhi Police to Special CPs
New Delhi: Delhi Police has written to two Special CP-level officers, asking them to make sure that the database of stolen and suspicious vehicles are updated on a daily basis.
Sources said that in the letter Special CPs were told that the ANPR cameras have been installed by Delhi Police at various locations in the city and at present more than 370 cameras were installed at 79 sites out of which 178 cameras at 38 sites are integrated with C4i.
"The cameras are capable of capturing the image of a stolen/suspected moving vehicles from both sides and generate the alert. The information and images are being passed on to the concerned police station and traffic police for further action," Delhi Police said in its letter.
The letter further reads that in a test exercise conducted in October this year, as many as 38 suspicious vehicles picked by ANPR camera system were physically intercepted on the spot by PCR staff. On verification from the concerned police station, it was revealed that most of the vehicles were found released on "superdari" (handing over custody of something to a person till next orders) and other vehicles were not found stolen.
"Not a single vehicle was found to be stolen. Further verification revealed that the present status of such vehicles had not been updated by the concerned police stations as well as CRO branch due to which these vehicles were detected by ANPR cameras," reads the letter.
The non-updation of the status of such vehicles causes inconvenience to the commuters and unnecessarily load the system, said the letter. Special CPs were told to give necessary directions to all the police stations and CRO branch to update the database of stolen and suspected vehicles on daily basis to avoid inconvenience to the general public and any legal complications in future.
The letter claimed that out of 178 cameras, only 38 cameras at nine sites were in working condition. Senior officers were told to rectify the defects.