The Punjab Safe Cities Authority (PSCA) on Friday unveiled the performance report of its Punjab Police Integrated Command, Control and Communication Center (PPIC-3) for the month of May 2018.
According to the report, the PPIC-3 center served a number of Electronic Data Evidence Acquisition (EDEA) on the requests of Punjab police and other law enforcement agencies by releasing data pertaining to over 100 heinous crimes. It says that the PSCA infamous lost and found section also set its mark high this month thereby contributing to recovery of four persons, 99 motorbikes and three auto-rickshaws.
The authority's Operations Monitoring Center (OMC) secured more than 15,000 observations that warranted FIRs in 40 cases and interception of over 191 suspicious persons by Police Response Unit (PRU) and Dolphin Squad and thorough probe of 1,401 suspicious vehicles.
The OMC employs state-of-the-art CCTV surveillance operations through geo-strategic grid of cameras within the metropolis and more than 105 rallies and protests were monitored and security measures were taken thereof.
The Emergency Helpline (15) received approximately 387,000 calls, out of which, 287,000 calls were considered hoaxes and on approximately 36,000 calls were with genuine concerns and the Dispatch Control Center (DCC) generated various for immediate legal action.
The report further says that 1,347 of such cases were pertinent to Rescue-1122 and around 1,217 of such cases sought for traffic management. Around 16,482 calls were received for getting information and advice on various pertinent issues.
The Media Monitoring Center (MMC) claimed to have tracked down on 94 'objectionable' social media pages and IDs containing violent, anti-state or profane content. The PSCA is diligently playing its part in enhancing road-sense by displaying directives and situational messages on its Variable Messaging Service (VMS) displayed on LCDs installed on all major roads of the metropolis. The PSCA is determined to extend its services and cooperation with LEAs, and all others in need, whenever required, the report concludes.