Cybercrime, drug menace, and traffic enforcement remained the three big challenges to the Bengaluru City Police in 2023. “We have initiated several measures and the use of technology is key to battling all the three key challenges,” said City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda.
Exponential growth of cyber crimes
The city that registered over 9,000 cases of cybercrimes in all of 2022, as per the recently released data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), saw over 16,000 cases till the end of November in 2023. While the city police claim it reports the highest number of cybercrime cases due to it being the IT capital of the country, it doesn’t seem to hold much water as Hyderabad, another IT hub reports the least number of cybercrime cases among all the metro cities in the country. City Police also argue that reporting and registration of cases is best in the city, and many cases go unreported elsewhere.
