Cops want CCTV cams in societies

MUMBAI: Additional commissioner of police (central region) Praveen Salunke on Saturday said the decision to seek verification certificates from domestic help, guards and drivers is aimed at identifying those who try to conceal their identity while applying for a job. “Also, housing societies and other establishments have been asked to instal CCTV cameras,” he said.
Salunke said he has instructed officials of 20 police stations (from Byculla to Kurla) in his jurisdiction to visit housing societies as well as malls, corporate houses and security agencies to collect the background details of their guards and other employees. Other parts of the city, too, will witness a similar exercise.
Additional commissioner (west) Vishwas Nangre-Patil said his region too would witness the drive. “The zonal DCPs collected details of more than 1,000 security guards, domestic help and drivers from the western suburbs after an elderly woman was killed in Juhu last year. Some of these people change their names and hide their antecedents to land a job as they fear they may not land a job if they reveal their details,” he said.
Nangre-Patil reiterated that if any security agency was found violating the guidelines, the matter would be taken up with the joint commissioner of police (administration) for suitable action.