Chennai: The Greater Chennai City police are taking several precautionary measures to ensure safe Deepavali shopping at T Nagar and other areas.
The police are making use of CCTV cameras with Face Tag technology at crowded shopping areas in the city during Deepavali, said Commissioner A K Viswanathan today.
“These kinds of precautionary measures are taken to avoid crime during the festival season. CCTV has helped in reducing crimes and it has been useful in catching criminals,” he said.
With Face Tag facility, the police can immediately get the background and previous criminal history of any accused. The Commissioner said this during inauguration of new CCTV facility at Mambalam this morning.
It may be noted that the city police have been campaigning for more CCTV surveillance in the city.
The city has the highest number of CCTV cameras in the State.
After intense campaign by the police, nearly 51,000 cameras have been installed across the city, on the main roads and in the residential areas.
Few days ago, the Commissioner had inaugurated a CCTV control room in Porur. The function was organised by a residents association. They had installed 54 cameras in 20 streets in the locality.
Addressing the residents he had said, “With the facility it is becoming easier to trace criminals coming from other States committing crimes in the city”.