To avert rising cases of accidents involving policemen, Delhi Police are going to provide portable body lights so that officers doing graveyard shifts can be spotted on dark stretches, foggy nights, and during the rain. The move is intended to keep police officers safer at various check-points across the city during the night. According to senior police officers, there have been incidents when policemen have met with mishaps because they could not be spotted during their night patrols.
The decision to procure 1,000 body lights was taken after a spate of road accidents where drivers rammed vehicles into security barricades, resulting in either the injury or death of the policemen on duty. On June 16, two people, including a police constable, were killed when a speeding truck rammed a police barricade and hit three cars in RK Puram. The deceased constable, Deepak Kumar (40), was looking for snatchers on bikes after receiving a tip-off when the speeding truck killed him.
These gadgets are meant for the safety of policemen deployed at various check points during the night. We have floated a tender and before winters we will purchase them,” a senior officer in the traffic police said. “This gadget will flash red, blue, and white lights which can be spotted from a distance and this is done for better visibility during fog in winters. Usually drivers are at a high speed during the night due to low traffic volume, and fail to spot a barricade and police check-post. By the time they try to apply the brake, they hit someone causing injuries to cops on duty,” said the officer.
