Crime prevention is top priority, says Kurnool SP

The Kurnool police took measures to protect women and children, focusing on renewed cyber crime awareness attempts.

Police Vikrant Patil, who spoke at an awareness campaign at the Pullareddy Engineering College Auditorium on Friday, said the crime was the most important priority of the police department. “We have initiated many strengthened measures to sensitize women and children against crimes with an alarming increase in the abuse of technology, especially in the digital age,” he said.

SP gave information to students about Shakti application, Shakti Whatsapp Services and Special Shakti teams and called on the state government’s initiatives and called on to save the key emergency numbers – Shakti WhatsApp 79934851111, Kurnool Shakti Whatsapp 77787777777700, Dial 100, Child Hel -Helprhts 1930.

All police stations in the region were instructed to organize at least one awareness program on schools and colleges. “Students were told to report home-service or harassment immediately,” SP said.

SP Deputy (Mahila Police Wing) J. Babu Prasad said that even educated women were sacrificed to online fraud. Students were advised to use social media platforms only for education and career purposes.