Vulnerable spots on roads, including the national and State highways, in Tiruvannamalai will be under another layer of surveillance as the district police have introduced high-definition camera-mounted vehicles to patrol these routes every day.
The initiative comes on the heels of four Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) robberies committed in Tiruvannamalai town a few months ago, where the police said the suspects utilised mostly unused stretches and village roads to escape after the theft. As a result, the police have decided to field patrol vehicles equipped with high-resolution cameras to monitor highway roads and intersections that connect to such roads.
The footage will also help the police create a database of routes to prevent crimes and maintain law and order. “Along with Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu, Tiruvannamalai has received these vehicles in the first phase of this project,” K. Karthikeyan, Tiruvannamalai Superintendent of Police (SP), told The Hindu.
