Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan onTuesday formally launched the Cyber Division of the Kerala Police.
Various wings that have been focussing on the prevention of cybercrimes, including the Kerala Police Cyberdome, have come under the new division. Led by the Inspector General in charge of cyber operations, the division will operate with 465 personnel who have been redeployed from various branches of the police force.
The cyber division will comprise several wings for research and analysis, training and capacity building, cyber patrolling, intelligence gathering and investigation. Cyberdome, the technological research and development centre of the Kerala Police, will function under the research and analysis wing. The division has been created by redeploying redundant posts and some others in the Armed Reserve Police.
