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A closed user group (CUG) mobile network will connect 1.1 lakh police personnel in Tamil Nadu to disseminate information instantly right from the Director-General of Police to a constable.
Family members of policemen will be included in CUG in future, taking the total number of people to around 8 lakh, said a senior police official.
Biggest network BSNL will provide the CUG network, which could be one of the biggest such networks in the country, according to Vinit Dev Wankhede, Inspector General of Police, Technical Services, Tamil Nadu. The Department is now focussing on developing mobile apps for personnel administration, he said at the CII Mobile Conference 2014. At present the CUG is available at the police station level. However, the state-wide CUG will help send the message from a central server room set up in Chennai.
Wankhede said the State police department wants to use the mobile platform as an efficiency tool, as an internal administrative tool and improve transparency in delivering services to citizens. Mobile has also created a new kind of challenge for the Department as the same platform is being used by criminals.
He sought the help of private sector companies in developing solutions to curb this growing menace.
Social media also causes problem. For instance, in the recent Muzaffurnagar riots, people shot pictures and uploaded them in social media creating big law and order problem. It is difficult to stop this, he said.
Control room The Department is setting up a State Master Control Room in Chennai and many of the systems are based on mobile-platform.
There will be Emergency Call Management System. For instance, if one dials 100 from any part of the State, it will land in the control room in Chennai, and the call will be diverted to the respective area for action. Earlier, it worked in silos with each district having its own jurisdiction.
It is also planning a First Response Management System where nearly 500 vehicles on the road to attend to emergency calls, he said.
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