LED shoulder lights introduced to help GRP night patrol

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Officers attached to the Gover nment Railway Police (GRP) will now be sporting LED blinker lights on their shoulders so that they can be easily spotted by the public in need of help. The Karnataka government in August 2022 had introduced the 'Shoulder Lights' for the railway police in order to ease their night patrols.

Superintendent of Police, GRP, SK Soumyalatha informed that so far 190 lights have been provided to the personnel on night beats and those working in outer areas. Railway police personnel patrol at nights and it was very difficult for them to identify suspicious activities at the premises of the railway stations in the dark.

Sometimes, when there are suicide incidents or any unlawful activity taking place near the railway tracks, the shoulder lights are set help the cops in their inspection. According to sources, the GPR has decided to buy more shoulder lights and distribute them to the railway police in the coming days