Bring all residential areas under CCTV surveillance: Police

Coimbatore | Saturday | 3rd November, 2018

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They said out of the 1,588 residential areas in the district, only 394 have CCTV camera facility. We also have plans to install more CCTV cameras in Mettupalayam, Vadavalli, Pollachi, Thudiyalur, Sulur and a few other areas. Coimbatore: The rural police on Friday urged the public to install CCTV cameras on their residential premises as it would help them crack cases without much delay. While 41 residential areas have agreed to fix CCTV cameras on their premises within a month, the remaining 1,194 were urged to follow suit at the earliest.“We are trying to connect CCTV cameras to the modern control room to monitor movements from one place. This will help us crack cases without much delay,” district superintendent of police R Pandiarajan said.As per the data available with district crime records bureau, there are 452 banks in rural part of the district and 433 of them have installed CCTV cameras..