Oshiwara Police Station organises awareness programme to help citizens choose right CCTVs for residential and commercial establishments
The Mumbai Police wants all establishments, including housing societies, office complexes, places of worship, educational institutions, hospitals, etc., to install electronic surveillance cameras in their premises in a fashion that the camera covers an area of up to 50 meters from the boundary of the premises. The objective is to use the surveillance footage for crime investigation and prosecution.
According to police, incidents of crime occur in public places as well as in the vicinity of private establishments, thus posing a threat to the safety of citizens, and thereby, disturbing peace and tranquillity. CCTVs help police to effectively check crimes and also help in building confidence and a sense of security among citizens. It also deters perpetrators from committing crime as their acts will be recorded.
Therefore, the city police in November 2020 under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code directed all private establishments in the city to install CCTVs. The establishments include jewellery shops, hotels, guest houses, restaurants, bars and pubs, wine and beer shops, residential towers, banks, ATMs, financial institutions, office buildings, new and upcoming residential towers/office buildings, petrol pumps, shopping complexes, shopping malls, super markets, gyms, sports grounds, stadiums, educational institutions, multiplexes, places of worships, hospitals, trusts and other organizations.
In order to help citizens comply with the directives, Oshiwara Police Station on February 14 organised an awareness programme Crime and the Role of CCTV. Mr. Rakesh Sachdev, Managing Director of Acetech Technologies, who is an expert on CCTV, guided citizens in making the right selection for their establishments.
“It has been observed that most of the CCTV cameras placed at residential societies or commercial establishments are either not set up correctly or they are not of good quality, or the recording capacity is low, hence they fail to record crime. With this initiative, we are trying to help citizens understand the importance of a using good-quality CCTVs and their right placement,” Senior Police officer Sanjay Bendale said.
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