CCTVS will be installed in 192 police stations: Police tell court

NEW DELHI: Ten CCTV cameras with recording facility would be installed at sensitive parts of 192 police stations in Delhi to ensure transparency in the system, the Delhi Police told the high court on Thursday.

The court was also told that several l ocations, i ncluding areas where police-public interface take place, have been identified for installation of close circuit televisions(cctv) in each police station and additional 42 police chowkis.

The police said in a status report that it was likely to complete the work in six to eight weeks. The report was filed by a deputy commissioner of police in pursuance to court’s December 11 order by which the agency was asked to give a time frame for setting up CCTVS at its 192 police stations and 42 chowkis, along with the locations where the cameras would be installed.

A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva also asked the authorities to ensure that footage of CCTVS were stored for at least one month or even for three months, as per the storage capacity of the devices.

The report, filed through Delhi Police’s additional standing counsel Rajesh Mahajan, said “locations of CCTV cameras to be installed in the police stations have been discussed by the committee of senior officers keeping in mind the places where police-public interface takes place and also other sensitive parts of the police station.”