CHENNAI: Criminal cases and criminal activities have come down in the last eight months, claimed police commissioner
Shankar Jiwal
on Tuesday.
Details of anti-socials have been collected and crackdown on the active criminals continues, the officer said.
In the last week, police took measures to curtail the supply of drugs, especially from Andhra Pradesh to Chennai, he said, adding efforts are on to prevent selling of drugs and gutkha, banned tobacco products near schools and colleges.
He was speaking at an awareness programme for road-users organised by the
Times of India
and Suzuki Motors. The event aimed at preventing accidents on city roads. Such campaigns will be held for 15 days at three important traffic junctions every day. The first one was inaugurated by
Jiwal
at the
Adyar
police station on LB Road on Tuesday.
Police have also planned to distribute appreciation certificates to motorists abide by traffic rules. "Traffic police have been advised to wear body cameras at key junctions," Jiwal said.
The city police will soon get an exclusive cyber lab built at ₹6.5 crore under the Nirbhaya fund, the commissioner said.
Additional commissioner of traffic
Kapil Kumar
C Saratkar and other officials participated at the event.
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