Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) yesterday launched its Digital Surveillance System with the installation of closed-circuit (CC) cameras at different points in Chittagong city to fight crime and maintain law and order.
Under Digital Surveillance System, 56 CC cameras have been installed at 17 different points including seven entry points in the port city, said, Shafiqul Islam, commissioner of CMP, while inaugurating its operations at CMP headquarters.
He added that a control room was opened at CMP headquarters to monitor the activities.
CMP also launched two services -- Mobile Application, and Vehicle Theft and Recovery Database -- to assist people in obtaining police help more easily.
Explaining about Mobile Application, Banaj Kumar Majumder, additional commissioner (crime and operation) of CMP, said people often could not seek help from police at a time of danger, as many of them did not know the contact numbers of police.
The service will help them get help from police, he said, adding that the system was now applicable in Android mobile phone sets and would be made applicable to windows and I-phone later.
The Vehicle Theft and Recovery Database will gather details and police records of the theft vehicles and help the owners recover their vehicles, said Babul Akter, additional deputy commissioner (Detective Branch) of CMP.
Besides, CMP has beefed up security measures in the city during the month of Ramadan, said Mahmuda Begum, assistant commissioner (headquarters) of CMP, adding that mobile teams of police had been increased in the city's important points and areas where shopping malls were located.