Articles for Public Safety

AP Police mulls setting up more I-CLIK kiosks for women

The I-CLIK, which was launched in January this year, enables women, who are generally apprehensive about visiting a police station, to file a complaint online from the kiosk

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Kerala govt to open three more cyber police stations

At present, Thiruvananthapuram is the only city in Kerala having a cyber police station to deal with cyber crime

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Govt sets up 176 flood forecasting stations

This is aimed at issuing warnings on rising water levels during the monsoon

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Road Accident Data Management System launched in HP

Part of a World Bank-funded road project, it aims to bring international best practices in collecting, managing, analysing and using road accident data

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My Take: Policing and private security agencies

Security agency employees will have to have better education and far better training before they can act as adjuncts of the police and intelligence apparatus

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UK police may predict crime using POI technology

British police may be able to predict crime before it takes place using a "predictive" software called "Person of Interest" (POI) which analyses the data and alerts law enforcement officials of impending threats

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Self-driving cars vulnerable to cyber attack, experts warn

According to US based security firms Mission Secure Inc (MSi) and Perrone Robotics Inc, self-driving cars that have a wide range of cutting-edge technologies could end up leaving them vulnerable to hackers

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ADB to give $300m loan to improve urban healthcare under NUHM

The Indian government had launched the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) in May 2013 to strengthen health service delivery in urban areas

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