City police create awareness on emergency response system

Mangaluru: The city police received 47 calls on the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) 112, and more than 200 calls to officers’ official numbers, during an awareness drive conducted on Saturday. The city police dedicated a day to women’s safety and protection through the ERSS 112 from 8 am to 5 pm, in an attempt to popularise ERSS, and reach out to the public, particularly women.
All 19 ERSS vehicles, inspector jeeps, seven highway patrol vehicles, three interceptors, 13 PCRs and two-wheelers were used as a part of the drive. City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar and 100 officers and staff, including DCP (law and order) Hariram Shankar and DCP (crime and traffic) B P Dinesh Kumar participated. Nearly 152 awareness meetings were conducted in ladies hostels, educational institutions and public places.
The average response time was 12 minutes on Saturday. At several places, demonstrations on how to use ERSS 112 were conducted.
Earlier during the day, at the city police commissioner’s office, Indian sprinter Machettira Raju Poovamma, inaugurated the drive. She urged the people to make the best use of the facility, as the initiative will boost confidence in women, and several offences can be prevented. Nearly 34 women dialed ERSS 112. On an average, the city police receives about 30-40 calls on ERSS-112 every day.