Mysuru: The City Police with lot of people-friendly measures is coming up with one more idea to launch an official mascot. What better than choosing an Elephant, the gentle giant, to drive home the messages on traffic and law and order. The elephant is the animal, which the people of Mysuru are familiar with right…
Mysuru Police to crack down on non-ISI helmets from Feb. 1
January 28, 2018Mysuru: Just three days are left for you to purchase an ISI-marked helmet as prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). For, the city Police, as announced earlier, will launch a drive from Feb.1 to penalise two-wheeler riders and pillion if they are not wearing ISI helmets. Interestingly, the Bengaluru Traffic Police has decided…
Fake ISI helmets: Cops educate riders
January 9, 2018Mysuru: Giving a breather to motorists to purchase ISI-mark helmets by Jan. 31, the City Police have begun a crackdown on vendors who are selling substandard helmets. Deciding to plug the sale of dangerous and fibre-made helmets from the source, the Police have intensified the drive to raid shops, roadside pushcarts and make-shift places that…
Helmet Drive intensified: Fine for non-ISI helmets
January 3, 2018Mysuru: The City Police who had launched a crackdown on motorists wearing sub-standard helmets yesterday intensified their drive this morning and imposed a fine of Rs. 100 for violations. Yesterday, the Police seized over 15,501 helmets (from 9 am to 2 pm) that did not conform to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and have…
City crime rate dips by 15%; Rs. 2 crore worth stolen goods seized
January 1, 2018Mysuru: Compared to last year, the crime rate in Mysuru city has declined by 15% in 2017, thanks to the new initiatives launched by the Police Department. As per the information released to the media by City Police Public Relation Officer, the Police have recovered stolen items worth Rs. 2 crore, besides collecting Rs. 8.5…
Street plays on crimes against women and children from tomorrow
December 25, 2017An initiative of City Police Mysuru: As part of Crime Prevention Month, the City Police in association with Rural Literacy and Health Programme (RLHP), has organised street plays at various places in city from tomorrow till Dec.30. It is aimed to create awareness among people on increasing crimes against women and children. The inaugural play…
City Police hold workshop on Foreign Nationals Tracking System
December 17, 2017Mysuru: The City Police had organised a sensitisation workshop for owners of hotels, lodges, apartments, boarding homes, home-stays, Clubs, paying guest accommodations and hostels on the steps to be taken to check the credentials and travel documents of foreign nationals before providing accommodation to them. About 500 people from the aforementioned category participated in the…
Policemen complain of not getting their weekly offs
November 14, 2017Mysuru: While the City Police Department is gearing up to fulfil the order to give holidays to Constables and other lower-rung officers to celebrate birthdays of their wards and anniversaries of family members, a section of constabulary is upset with the Department for not granting them their weekly offs. It may be recalled here that…
‘Operation Cheetah’: City Police launch special traffic checking drive
October 26, 2017Mysuru: In a bid to strengthen traffic facilities and to make motorists to compulsorily follow traffic rules the Law and Order Police, Traffic Police officials and staff have launched ‘Operation Cheetah,’ a special traffic checking drive in city yesterday. ACP (Traffic) K.N. Madaiah, speaking to SOM this morning, said that as traffic violations have increased…
School auto and van drivers groomed on road safety
August 13, 2017Mysuru: The City Police had organised a workshop on Road safety for drivers of autorickshaws, vans and buses used for ferrying students to schools at Platinum Jubilee Hall at J.K. Grounds here this morning. Conducting the workshop Traffic ACP K.N. Madaiah suggested auto and van drivers to use only RTO approved LPG kits for greater…















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