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DECCAN CHRONICLE
Press button, call police
Hyderabad Dec. 8: The city on Monday became the first in the country to introduce an emergency security cover that comes at a cost. Under Omnipolis, launc-hed at the police commissioner’s office on Monday, a subscriber’s call for help is transferred to the personnel concerned within two minutes. All that a subscriber has to do is press a button to alert the police to any crime. The system is integrated with a burglar alarm and a break-in is notified even when the residents are not at home. The system, located at the Police Control Room, uses GSM, GPRS, GPS and advanced vehicle tracking system. The system enables video recording of the crime, 30-day video data availability, multiple alarm system and remote internet viewing.
“We have started Omni-polis for four emergencies: burglary, intrusion, fire and medical emergency,” said Mr Rohit Jain, the managing director of Dee Cee Security Systems, which has designed the security module for the police. “It has the latest technology to deal with emergency situations,” said the police commissioner, Mr B. Prasada Rao. He said the progress of the response to an emergency call can be tracked on a digital map in the control room. “It creates a digital hotline between the police and the subscriber through wireless,” he said.
All this comes at a cost. A residential building with eight flats needs to pay a security deposit of Rs 2,499 per flat and each flat needs to pay Rs 389 a month or Rs 3,890 a year. Apartments with more than eight flats need to pay a deposit of Rs 1,999 per flat, and each flat is charged Rs 399 a month or Rs 3,990 a year. An independent house would need to pay Rs 20,000 as security deposit, and a fee or Rs 1,499 a month or Rs 9,990 a year. The service is also available for malls, banks and ATMs and and shops.
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THE HINDU
New police alert system unveiled
‘Omnipolis’ uses wireless Internet technology
Tech-savvy: Police begin work on Omnipolis security system.
HYDERABAD: The city police is now experimenting with a hi-tech security alert system where the police control room can be notified of an emergency with mere press of a button. The new alert system, Omnipolis, using wireless Internet technology, was inaugurated by Home Minister K. Jana Reddy at the police control room on Monday. The security system being used for the first time in the country would be of immense use at banks, ATM centres, jewellery shops, malls and hotels, Mr. Reddy said.
Deecee Security Systems, the company which developed Omnipolis, installs an electronic device with an emergency button, at designated spots and in case of any emergency like a fire accident or a burglary, all one has to do is to press the button and system sends the message to the central server in the police commissionerate office at Basheerbagh. The server passes on the message to the main computer of the administrator and five other computers loaded with Geographical Information System (GIS), each earmarked for central, east, south, west and north police zones. The message pops up on the monitor clearly indicating exact location from where the alert is generated.
As these computers are synchronised with Global Positioning System equipments mounted on each of the 58 patrol vehicles, the system sends alerts to mobile phones allocated to these patrol vehicles which are in the vicinity . “All this happens within 30 seconds and helps us improve our response time,” Police Commissioner B. Prasada Rao said. The installation involves a security deposit of Rs. 2,499 to Rs. 25,000 and monthly subscription of Rs. 389 to Rs. 889. |
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