Summary:
However, only 250 people have made distress calls through the app till now. In majority of instances of these 250 distress calls, people have reached out to the police to resolve issues of road rage and verbal abuse. Any distress alert through the panic button will be immediately conveyed to the nearby Hoysala patrol vehicle. Perhaps not many people have been in a situation where they felt the need to press the panic button. The city police launched the app in April 2017, with a specific focus on women’s safety..