‘Manarcaud police app’ fails to click

 

The project was meant to get the cooperation of the public in tracking crimes. They were supposed to send pictures, videos and messages of the crimes taking place in their areas through the mobile app to the  station house officer and a few other officers, who would take follow-up action, including registering of cases. Some 3,000 members of families coming under the jurisdiction of Manar-caud police were to be brought under the scheme, but only 100 members  have joined it so far.

 

“The project has not clicked as we anticipated  and we could link only 100 families in it. This is because we could not  contact the people in their homes with our GPS facility to  pursue the clues for taking up the complaints,” S. Pradeep, sub-inspector of Manarcaud police station,  told DC. Many  requests came from  other police station limits which were not accepted, he said.