The app has been named Women In Safe Hands (WISH). It can be downloaded free of cost from the Google Play Store on any smart phone.
The application launch programme was inaugurated by Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi who also appreciated a feature in the WISH app which is not there on Delhi Police’s recently launched app named HIMMAT. Through the WISH application, people in the vicinity of the spot from where the SOS message is sent will get alerted.
“I shall ask police officials to download this app so that they get to know about emergency alerts sent by distressed women from their vicinity. However, the range of the vicinity has to be decided for that,” said Bassi.
A three-second long press on the floating icon on the widget screen of the phone will lead to flashing of the SOS button. Pressing that will lead to an SOS alert being sent to all contacts in the app list as well as people in the vicinity.
Meanwhile, Director of IIFT Surajit Mitra asked commissioner Bassi whether he could integrate WISH and HIMMAT. Bassi assured that he would consult with technicians on the matter and added that the integration would lead to betterment of both the apps.
“WISH can function as a complementary to HIMMAT if it is also equipped with concerned police station, PCR and helpline numbers. We have to admit that for better policing, the police have to be enabled with certain means. Mobile-based apps are one of them,” said Mitra. He added that the bigger responsibility as far as crimes against women are concerned is, however, on the society.
Bassi also mentioned how self-defence training for women can help control atrocities against them.
He further talked about the traffic condition in the city that is becoming a challenge for the police’s response time.
The application launch programme was inaugurated by Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi who also appreciated a feature in the WISH app which is not there on Delhi Police’s recently launched app named HIMMAT. Through the WISH application, people in the vicinity of the spot from where the SOS message is sent will get alerted.
“I shall ask police officials to download this app so that they get to know about emergency alerts sent by distressed women from their vicinity. However, the range of the vicinity has to be decided for that,” said Bassi.
A three-second long press on the floating icon on the widget screen of the phone will lead to flashing of the SOS button. Pressing that will lead to an SOS alert being sent to all contacts in the app list as well as people in the vicinity.
Meanwhile, Director of IIFT Surajit Mitra asked commissioner Bassi whether he could integrate WISH and HIMMAT. Bassi assured that he would consult with technicians on the matter and added that the integration would lead to betterment of both the apps.
“WISH can function as a complementary to HIMMAT if it is also equipped with concerned police station, PCR and helpline numbers. We have to admit that for better policing, the police have to be enabled with certain means. Mobile-based apps are one of them,” said Mitra. He added that the bigger responsibility as far as crimes against women are concerned is, however, on the society.
Bassi also mentioned how self-defence training for women can help control atrocities against them.
He further talked about the traffic condition in the city that is becoming a challenge for the police’s response time.