Police conduct Open House

Visakhapatnam: In connection with the Police Commemoration Week programmes, the Visakhapatnam (Rural) police conducted an open house programme to the school children here on Wednesday.

Superintendent of Police Rahul Dev Sharma, who was present at the programme explained the usage of weapons, drones and the methods of detecting explosives, bomb detecting operations and crime intelligence to the school children.
Large number of students from various schools in the city including Chinamushidiwada, Simhachalam, Gopalapatnam and Visalakshinagar were present and interacted with the police.

The SP also explained about the recently launched “locked house monitoring system” to the students. With the help of the LHMS, methods of preventing thefts and the steps that should be taken before locking the houses were explained. The police described how they utilise the services of the drones during VVIP visits and crowd controlling management explained through a demonstration. Speaking on the occasion, the SP said that drones were used in destroying the ganja cultivation in the Agency areas.

Detailed presentation about the clues team investigation at the crime spot, traffic regulations and rules were also explained to the students. Rahul Dev Sharma appealed the students to tell their parents and brothers to use helmets while driving on two-wheelers.

Later, some of the students interacted with the officials. On behalf of the participants, K Gnanadeep of Minarva School, Chinamushidiwada thanked to the police. “Except in the movies, we never expected a real-time experience about the weapons and about practical policing. At the end of the programme, the SP interacted with the students and answered their questions. Additional SP G Srikanth, DSP NSS Sekhar, DSP R Srinivas and large number of police officers were present.