Nagaland DGP T John Longkumer during the inauguration of the Traffic Control Room and Residential flats and the launching of Kohima Police Traffic Sentinel on December 1. (Photo Courtesy: Kohima Police@facebook)
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Kohima | December 1
The Kohima citizenry will soon experience enhanced modern technology for management and monitoring of traffic in the capital. This comes following the inauguration of the Traffic Control Room and Residential flats and the launching of Kohima Police Traffic Sentinel Scheme on December 1.
In a brief event held at the newly inaugurated Traffic Control Room Kohima, Manoj Kumar A, IPS, SP Kohima informed that the Traffic control room will consist of four units: Traffic monitoring unit, Technical support unit, Police radio unit, and Traffic Sentinel unit.
CCTV cameras installed in seven locations
“CCTV cameras have been installed in seven locations in Kohima town, and live feed from all the cameras are centralised at the 22 functional cameras at the control room. The traffic monitoring team will monitor the flow of traffic, identify any traffic violation, and take assistance of the footage in investigation of road accident and general crime,” said the SP Kohima.
Live traffic updates
An interesting component which citizens can look forward to is the live traffic updates which will be disseminated periodically by the Technical Support unit through 103 MHZ FM Tragopan Radio, the Kohima Police Twitter and FB handles. Citizens will be made known about routes to avoid traffic congestion and take measures with the help of AIR Kohima, informed the SP.
Traffic Sentinel Scheme
The newly launched Traffic Sentinel Scheme is a first of its kind to bring traffic policing at the doorstep of the community.
The Kohima Traffic Police will be inviting citizens to register with the team as 'Traffic Sentinels' to report certain traffic violations via photos and videos through Whatsapp which will later be upgraded to a mobile app facility.
“To encourage the sentinels we will ensure their safety and security by keeping their identity confidential. Cash/special awards will also be handed over through a systematic method of points earned per violation reported by the sentinel,” added the SP.
The Traffic Control Room and the Kohima Police Traffic Sentinel, according to DGP Nagaland T John Longkumer who inaugurated the program, is the Police's response to the critical traffic situation in the Capital.
“They are the embodiment of technology applied with conscience. The Traffic Control Room is envisaged to be the application of technology to solve the problems of supervision and coordinate the efforts of traffic policemen all over Kohima town,” said Longkumer informing that the traffic control room will be using cutting edge technology in Google Maps, CCTV, Camera drones and FM.
The DGP also remarked that the Sentinel Programme is the soul of the traffic control measure, and empowers the public/citizenry to come forward as conscientious and law abiding people to strengthen the arms of law.
“I believe that it will augur in a new age of Police public cooperation and help build a community which is law abiding and practice in protecting the rights of the citizens. The Traffic Control and the Sentinel Program may not provide us all the answers but they prove that we are now ready to synergize our efforts and come up with the best reply,” said the DGP.
He also acknowledged the SP Kohima and his team for reducing the cost of implementation of the schemes through practical management measures.
Towards community policing
With community policing being the buzzword of all Police organization across the world, the DGP noted that the program is a small step in that direction. “It is the vision of the Police Headquarter to support all proactive measures by the district aimed at augmenting the service to the public and I would like to encourage every unit to come up with such programmes that will benefit the public and enhance our capabilities at fulfilling our charter,” urged the DGP.
Delivering the technical report, Imnajungba Jamir, Superintendent Engineer, Police engg Project informed that the project which began in February 2016 cost Rs 1,12,00,000. The project is a three storied building comprising of 22 rooms and six toilets which will be used for the Traffic Control office and staff accommodation.
