CS opens Command Control Centre, lauds Cyberabad cops

State-of-the-art facility:Telangana Chief Secretary Rajeev Sharma, Cyberabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand and others at the launch of the command and control centre of Cyberabad Commissionerate on Monday

A new facility — Command and Control Centre — was added to the Cyberabad Commissionerate office here at Gachibowli on Monday, which enables them monitor the entire IT corridor spread over 50 square kilometres using high definition cameras.

Telangana Chief Secretary Rajeev Sharma inaugurated the centre, to which are connected 150 CC TV high-definition cameras installed from Raidurg to Hyderabad Central University and from Financial District to Hafeezpet. Along with the Command and Control Centre, Mr. Sharma inaugurated the Crime Data Analysis and Management Systems (C DAMS).

Out of the 150 CC TV cameras, 85 were installed with Rs. 5.5 crore released by Telangana State Industrial and Infrastructural Corporation while the remaining were secured with the Rs. 2.9 crore given by Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC).

Solar energy

The CC TV project is using solar energy for power back-up while it is equipped with high-end servers having 200 TB storage capacity. They can hold data of 30 days for all the cameras. Sitting in the command centre, policemen can keep surveillance on the junctions and examine live stream as well. The live stream can be viewed on mobile phones.

Special software

This project helps Cyberabad police avail video conference facility. The C DAMS is equipped with high-end software to analyse call data record and retrieving data from electronic gadgets. Special software acquired by police help in enhancing image qualities of videos and locate browser and messenger histories.

“While upgrading and using technology, it is equally important to focus on human element,” the Chief Secretary remarked. Cyberabad Police Commissioner C.V. Anand explained to the Chief Secretary, Finance Secretary Ramakrishna Rao how the police were able to detect cases using the video footage and the initiatives undertaken by Cyberabad police.