MANGALURU: The City police will dedicate a day to women safety and protection through the emergency response support system (ERSS) 112 from 8am to 5 pm on Saturday. This is also an attempt to popularize ERSS and reach out to the public particularly women.
City police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said nearly 100 police teams of PSI and above ranks will be available to address various issues, including student issues, eve teasing, family issues, workplace harassment, cyber issues, threats and so on. Every team will have a woman officer or a staff and confidentiality will be maintained.
The City police has around 19 vehicles dedicated to ERSS, with an average response time of 15 minutes. The response time in the City limits is about five minutes.
On every call received on ERSS-112, officers including commissioner, DCP, ACP or police inspector will be present in ERSS vehicles and will attend the issue. Teams will be on standby, if the number of calls increases exceedingly. About 25 meetings in residential areas for creating awareness will be held, Shashi Kumar said.
ERSS- 112 was launched in December last year.
