Bengaluru, 14 November (HS): In the fast changing world criminals are deploying new methods, tactics and technologies to ditch innocent people and the need of the hour for all of us is to become digital warriors, called Bhaskar Rao, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner.
He was speaking after inaugurating the two days 29th International Institute for Security and Safety Management (IISSM) Conclave at Hotel Conard here.
The city police chief dwelt in detail the changing paradoxical situation on ground while dealing with the antisocial and criminal elements. He recalled the sudden change of situation as the offenders are not like the ruffians type as they all used to be so far.
There are any number of scams these days including the land, monetary and cyber ones. Just like we used to have rowdy sheeters, petty thieves and criminals earlier the same are being replaced by cyber criminals, cyber goons, cyber rowdy sheeters so on and so forth, he mentioned.
He also explained about the cyber preparedness of the city police. While 14 cyber police stations are already functioning new ones are being set up and around 40 cyber police stations will soon be operational, he emphasized.
At the same time he admitted: In spite of several cyber police stations being set up in the city most of the police personnel are yet to be fully equipped with the latest developments in the field.
The challenge these days is to nab the cyber criminals sitting in some corner of the world but duping ordinary citizens here. Now the biggest requirement is to catch hold of the cyber goons operating from some other part of the world in micro seconds as soon as the crime is committed, he opined.
The Police Commissioner released a souvenir brought out on this occasion. R K Sharma, Executive Chairman, IISSM felicitated the Chief Guest and presented him a memento.
R K Sinha, Rajya Sabha Member, founder, mentor and Executive Chairman of IISSM in his opening remarks warned: The future challenge is cyber terrorism and there is no escape from the onslaught of such threats.We need to keep changing according to changing times and there is no escape from it to address the emerging challenges, he stressed.
To elicit his viewpoints R K Sinha recalled a couple of instances wherein the social media tools were misused for ulterior purposes: Guards of a multinational company were indulging into fisticuffs but no action was initiated. On the other hand fake videos were doctored to give an impression that UP guards beat up Tamil guards posted in Uttar Pradesh.
It was later confirmed by the Tamil guards that none of them were thrashed as being made out on the social media. He said: This was deliberately done to bring a bad name to the existing security agency. All these mischiefs keep happening when one loses business to the competitor.
SK Sharma, retired IPS officer and Chairman, IISSM welcoming the gathering stressed upon the necessity of strengthening the private security system in view of the perceived security threats to governments and people.
He also recalled the initiatives taken up by the Union Government and Home Minister Amit Shah in this regard and called upon the stakeholders into security business to surge ahead for making the best use of the opportunities.
Rajan Medhekar, retired IPS officer and DG of IISSM proposed a vote of thanks and mentioned: Security is no longer the prime concern of government alone as criminals have become tech smarter these days. It’s the duty of all citizens to join hands with the private security agencies to strengthen the security system.
He also appealed to the state government policemen to make better use of the training facilities by the IISSM and enough discounts are being offered for government employees.
