Coimbatore: The rural police have added 10 more two-wheelers to its fleet of patrolling vehicles.District superintendent of police (SP) S Selvanagarathinam, who flagged off the vehicles at the police recruitment school on Wednesday, said they were planning to intensify patrolling to curb the crime rate in the district and the rural police would soon get another 10 two-wheelers for the same.Presently, the rural police have 30 two-wheelers and 12 four-wheelers for patrolling, while there are 37 police stations.The newly introduced two-wheelers will be used for effective policing at Thudiaylur, Vadavalli, Pollachi Town, Mettupalayam, Annur, Sulur and Karumathampatti police station limits.“These two-wheelers are fitted with sirens, public address systems and revolving lights.
All the vehicles will be filled with GPS devices in three months,” Selvanagarathinam said.Pointing out that they were working to control the spread of Covid-19, he said cops on patrol could use the public-address system to advise the public to maintain social distancing and wear face masks.
“We get around 40-60 calls on the Kavalan mobile app a day.
Our response time is five minutes to seven minutes in the plains and 10 minutes in the hilly areas of Valparai.
People using smart phones should install the app.
If people don’t get immediate response, they can dial 100,” the SP said.He said the rural police had seized four trucks in the past one week for smuggling liquor from Karnataka.