15 New EVs Added to Hyderabad Police Fleet
Hyderabad police deploy 15 electric vehicles, including seven for special response teams protecting women, children and senior citizens.
The city police received 15 electric vehicles, seven meant for response teams working for the protection of women, children and the elderly and eight for law and order patrol duties. DGP C.V. Anand formally inaugurated the EVs at the City Armed Reserve (CAR) headquarters at Petlaburj on Thursday.
Anand noted that patrol cars and Blue Colts vehicles in the police stations were engaged in regular law and order duties and investigation of other petitions. “It is in this context that special response teams have been formed to immediately enter the field for the protection of women and children,” he said.
These EVs are designed with 40 kilowatt hour battery capacity and can travel up to 468 km on a single charge, the DGP said.
Police commissioner V.C. Sajjanar speaking at the event, said, ‘Spandana' vehicles introduced to provide immediate relief to those in distress were getting a great response. Every ‘Spandana’ vehicle would have a woman driver along with a civilian woman constable and an armed reserve woman constable, Sajjanar said. They would be available round the clock.
In the last 185 days, these teams have attended to 8,903 complaints of which 1,900 problems were resolved through continuous counselling, Sajjanar said, Another 1,164 disputes were resolved through mutual compromise and families were prevented from breaking up. Following field investigation, 2,504 cases were sent to local police stations on serious matters and 61 FIRs registered.
Present at the event were senior officials M. Srinivasulu, Tafseer Iqubal, Joel Davis, R. Venkateshwarlu, B.K. Rahul Hegde, J. Raghavendra Reddy, A. Ramana Reddy, Dr P. Lavanya, HCSC secretary general Shekhar Reddy and donors of the vehicles.
