CCTV in Police Stations  

To maintain the highest professional standards and  to ensure transparency in work to make a corruption free force, CCTV cameras have been installed   in all police stations of Chandigarh since April, 2007. 5/6 cameras covering entrance of  Police Station, Duty Officer’s room, Male and Female lock-up, Record room , Corridors and  SHO’s room,  have been installed in each police station. For better monitoring of police functioning at police station level these CCTV Cameras have further been connected with the computers of Senior Officers at Police Headquarters through 2Mbps managed lease line network. Senior Officer’s  as well as the Police Control Room are monitoring  real time working of any police station at any time with just a click of mouse. The system is having a storage capacity of about 20 days, which is useful to monitor the facility, recover any evidence and long term information for the department in various Court Cases/ Enquiries.

Since the installation of CCTV system, Chandigarh Police has been able to enquire into the complaints of torture, illegal detention etc. and bring out true facts by reviewing the CCTV recordings and establish the innocence or otherwise of the police personnel. The complaints of illegal detention and torture by Chandigarh police have substantially declined since then. The introduction of CCTV system in police stations has been a major success because now the public feel more safe while visiting the police station.

The CCTV system would be quite useful for large and medium cities as this will improve the image of police and bring transparency in the working of police.