Mission Peace is Bengaluru police agenda this New Year Eve
TNN | Updated: Dec 31, 2018, 06:37 IST
BENGALURU: With the countdown to New Year's Eve beginning, police on Sunday took extra steps to ensure Bengaluru ushers in 2019 without any untoward incidents.
Bomb detection squads accompanied by sniffer dogs made repeated rounds of MG Road, Church Street and Brigade Road and neighbourhood through the day.
Women cops visited paying guest (PG) accommodations to distribute handbills on safety measures and contact numbers of nearest police stations.
A PG inmate was sexually assaulted while on her way back home in the wee hours of January 1, 2017 after partying on MG Road. Mass molestation incidents too were reported on MG Road, though police had described them as an exaggeration.
Hotels, bars and restaurants have been permitted to remain open till 2am on January 1. Police permission is must for private parties, if they are large affairs with loud music, liquor and have commercial considerations. Special teams have also been constituted to focus on rave parties conducted on the outskirts of the city.
As many as 800 CCTV cameras have been fitted in and around MG Road and Brigade Road. Focus lights too have been installed at several spots. “Hoysala vehicles will patrol the central business district. Commercial establishments have been asked to ensure their CCTV cameras and digital video recorders are functional,” cops said.
Bomb detection squads accompanied by sniffer dogs made repeated rounds of MG Road, Church Street and Brigade Road and neighbourhood through the day.
Women cops visited paying guest (PG) accommodations to distribute handbills on safety measures and contact numbers of nearest police stations.
A PG inmate was sexually assaulted while on her way back home in the wee hours of January 1, 2017 after partying on MG Road. Mass molestation incidents too were reported on MG Road, though police had described them as an exaggeration.
Hotels, bars and restaurants have been permitted to remain open till 2am on January 1. Police permission is must for private parties, if they are large affairs with loud music, liquor and have commercial considerations. Special teams have also been constituted to focus on rave parties conducted on the outskirts of the city.
As many as 800 CCTV cameras have been fitted in and around MG Road and Brigade Road. Focus lights too have been installed at several spots. “Hoysala vehicles will patrol the central business district. Commercial establishments have been asked to ensure their CCTV cameras and digital video recorders are functional,” cops said.
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