 "IMImobile To Help Mumbai Police Target Drunk Drivers")
IMImobile, a provider of value added services for mobile operators, content providers and media agencies, has teamed up with BPL Mobile to help Mumbai Police track drunk drivers.
The Hyderabad-based firm has developed a customised solution for the police force with an easily accessible mobile database and interface to track repeat and new drunk drivers. With BPL Mobile providing the network connectivity, Mumbai Police will be able to access criminal records at speed and crucially, at the scene of the crime via their mobile phones. This will help the police force to check offenders’ records with greater efficiency, thus, ensuring that repeat offenders do not slip through the net and new offenders are logged on to the system from the outset.
“We are pleased to be able to offer this solution to Mumbai Police free of charge,” said Vishwanath Alluri, chairman, founder and CEO, IMImobile. “Drunk driving is a dangerous crime and any help we can provide to the police to curb this can only be a good thing. We hope to extend this solution to other parts of the country.”
Harish Baijal, deputy commissioner – Traffic, Mumbai Police, said, “With support from IMImobile and BPL mobile, our officers can now get the information of previous convictions of drunk driving within a few seconds. This technology has been very beneficial and will help us in maintaining more discipline on Mumbai’s roads.”
Sunzay Passari, vice president, value added services, BPL Mobile, said, “It has been a great experience working with IMImobile on this solution and we hope it continues to help Mumbai Police in successfully recording and tracking offenders of drunk driving.”
An added benefit of the solution is that the system is able to send out SMS alerts on known offenders to the entire police unit, which can prove to be especially useful during the busy festival season. The database is confidential with only top ranking officials having complete access.