<p>High-tech Maruti Ertiga Hoysala patrol vehicles that can reach crime spots quickly would be inducted into all police commissionerates in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The concept behind buying the new Hoysala patrol vehicles and equipping them with modern gadgets connected to a command centre is to be ‘first and fast’. The government has allotted 222 such patrol vehicles for Bengaluru,” Home Minister G Parameshwara told reporters on Saturday, after flagging off the patrol vehicles along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in front of Vidhana Soudha. <br /><br />The government will buy 200 more such patrol vehicles for Bengaluru city besides 1,000 patrol bikes under the Mega City policing and police modernisation scheme.<br /><br />The police will now be able to reach crime scenes or trouble-hit areas in the quickest possible time. These vehicles will not be used for any other purpose but patrolling. “It is a new beginning for the Bengaluru city police under the police modernisation scheme. This is the first step towards making Bengaluru a safe city,” he said.<br /><br />There will be effective policing and patrolling in rural areas and on Bengaluru city’s outskirts once the ongoing work to reorganise police jurisdictions is completed, he said.<br /><br />Regarding extention of timings of eating joints in Bengaluru city, he said the government responded to the demand of the corporate world. “The government permitted eating joints to operate till 1 am on Saturdays and Sundays in the past. This proved to be a success and no untoward incidents were reported. Hence, a decision was taken to allow them to operate till 1 am in Bengaluru,” he said. To a question, the Home Minister said: “People can reach out to senior officers quickly through social media. The social media will soon be used effectively in all other commissionerates in the state.”<br /></p>
<p>High-tech Maruti Ertiga Hoysala patrol vehicles that can reach crime spots quickly would be inducted into all police commissionerates in the state.<br /><br /></p>.<p>“The concept behind buying the new Hoysala patrol vehicles and equipping them with modern gadgets connected to a command centre is to be ‘first and fast’. The government has allotted 222 such patrol vehicles for Bengaluru,” Home Minister G Parameshwara told reporters on Saturday, after flagging off the patrol vehicles along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in front of Vidhana Soudha. <br /><br />The government will buy 200 more such patrol vehicles for Bengaluru city besides 1,000 patrol bikes under the Mega City policing and police modernisation scheme.<br /><br />The police will now be able to reach crime scenes or trouble-hit areas in the quickest possible time. These vehicles will not be used for any other purpose but patrolling. “It is a new beginning for the Bengaluru city police under the police modernisation scheme. This is the first step towards making Bengaluru a safe city,” he said.<br /><br />There will be effective policing and patrolling in rural areas and on Bengaluru city’s outskirts once the ongoing work to reorganise police jurisdictions is completed, he said.<br /><br />Regarding extention of timings of eating joints in Bengaluru city, he said the government responded to the demand of the corporate world. “The government permitted eating joints to operate till 1 am on Saturdays and Sundays in the past. This proved to be a success and no untoward incidents were reported. Hence, a decision was taken to allow them to operate till 1 am in Bengaluru,” he said. To a question, the Home Minister said: “People can reach out to senior officers quickly through social media. The social media will soon be used effectively in all other commissionerates in the state.”<br /></p>
