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CHANDIGARH: Ajit Doval , the national security advisor (NSA) on Thursday inaugurated the ‘3rd young superintendents of police (SPs) conference at Gurgaon and kicked-off the two-days ‘Police Expo-2020’. The theme of the Police Expo is ‘new age solutions for effective and efficient policing ’. Doval was the chief guest of the event.

Speaking on this occasion, Sh. Doval shared his insights on the importance of technology in terms of police functioning and maintaining law and order. He said, “Newer innovations and technology induction in policing can bring change in the overall implementation and enforcing of laws in this country. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used for security purposes in different districts. It can track the behaviour of criminals and identify them even in a gathering like Kumbh mela. There is plethora of data residing with the various police departments that can be used as a great resource for the internal security. There are more than 25 lakhs police forces in both centre and state with huge repository of data that can turn an asset for the country.”

Talking about the role of police personnel, he said, “The failure to implementing the laws on grounds with the reckoning of laws enacted in parliament cannot be implemented is of no good.

Manoj Yadava, DGP Haryana, said that the technology in policing can be a great asset when police personnel use it in an effective manner.

VSK Kaumudi, IPS, DG, BPR&D said, “It is high time to keep police personnel abreast with technology. This (expo) is a window to cutting edge technology to achieving better police goals. The best practices in smart policing are needed with the emboldened internal security to achieving 5 trillion-dollar economy.”

The two-day police expo embraces cutting-edge technological advancement for the uplift of the internal security and defence equipment that are deciders for security operations and combat by the security forces. The exhibition aims to meet the internal security challenges and to address the contemporary requirements of CAPFs and state police forces. There were various sessions that highlighted the advancements in technology for SMART policing which could be deployed by various law enforcement agencies.

