Response time of Hoysala police patrol vehicles improves to 7.15 minutes in Bengaluru

The Hoysala service was started in 1998 to provide quick response to distress calls. The response time improved with the help of technological advancements, giving tough competition to patrolling vehicles in developed countries.

It was a really testing time for the staff of Hoysala patrolling vehicle-78 of Upparpet police station who received an SoS message around 4.34 p.m. The message was that an unemployed graduate, who had come to Bengaluru in search of a job, was trying to end his life in a guest house at Gandhinagar.

Police Head Constable Manjunath Naikar and his senior Assistant Sub-Inspector Govindaraju reached the spot within 7 minutes, and broke open the door of the room. The youth was rescued and handed over to his family after counselling.

The staff not only received appreciation for saving a life in the nick of the time, but also set new standards for Hoysala teams.

Taking the real-time experience to the next level, senior police officials in the jurisdiction have directed the inspector in charge of Hoysala operations to conduct a trial run to bring the response time down to 7 minutes.

“It has been a practice for every new inspector and senior police officer to get used to the Hoysala operations in Bengaluru and its strategic placement, and ensure the modalities are in place,” said B. Dayananda, Police Commissioner of Bengaluru.

Mr. Dayananda had recently patrolled Bengaluru to improve the Hoysala service and its functioning .

The then Bengaluru Police commissioner Praveen Sood, who is now Director, CBI, started efforts to bring down the response time to below 15 minutes. “Hoysalas are meant for emergencies. They should reach the spot at the earliest,” he had said.