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Karnataka to Launch Innovation Centre for Urban Policing
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In Short: The Karnataka Government is setting up an innovation centre within the police department to develop customised solutions for modern policing challenges in evolving cities.
The Karnataka Government is working on an innovation centre within the police department to develop customised solutions to modern policing challenges as cities evolve, according to reports in The Indian Express.
The centre will function as an in-house research and problem-solving unit, instead of relying entirely on ready-made systems developed elsewhere, a senior police officer said.
Home Minister Priyank Kharge said the goal of the initiative is to build an urban policing system that is more efficient, responsive, and citizen-centric, and to make innovation a continuous part of policing.
The proposed Karnataka Urban Policing Innovation Centre (KUPIC) was discussed at a review meeting attended by Home Minister Priyank Kharge, senior police officers, and members of expert advisory groups last month.
The centre will cover different aspects of policing, including women and child safety, cybercrime, narcotics, criminal surveillance, investigation, and improving conviction rates, among others.
On the technology front, the centre could examine improvements to existing systems and explore new technologies that could address specific policing requirements.
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- “Our cities are continuously expanding and evolving. The policing system must modernise accordingly,” he said.
- The structure and functioning of the centre are being worked out and are likely to be finalised in the next one or two months, he said.
- Joint Commissioner of Police (West) Vamsi Krishna, who was part of the meeting, said the centre would essentially serve as a research think tank within the police department – identifying problems faced by the force, studying them, developing possible solutions and testing and refining them.
- The initiative comes as Bengaluru and other cities face increasingly complex policing demands, from traffic and public-space management to changing crime patterns and the need to process large volumes of information.
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- The Indian Expresslink