City now gets its own Dial 100

Visakhapatnam | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

Summary:

more-inThe City Police Commissionerate will now be operating its own Dial 100 (emergency response call) and the calls will no longer be routed through Hyderabad Dial 100 exchange. Emergency servicesAfter having begun the Dial 100 system, the City Police are now working to integrate the system with emergency network. To handle the Dial 100 system, the department has eight dedicated system to run 24/7 in three shifts. The Dial 100 system is loaded with an embedded IVRS (interactive voice response system) to filter fake calls and calls made by unwanted persons such as drunkards or mischief mongers. The City Police have roped in seven service providers such as BSNL, Airtel and Idea and all ‘Dial 100’ calls from any service provider will land at a common landline number..