Delhi Police joins Twitter

NEW DELHI: With a citizen's’ first approach, Delhi Police has joined tens of other city police departments from across the world with launch of three Twitter accounts today.

While one of the accounts will be the personal handle of Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi (@BhimBassi), the other shall be the official handle of his office (@CPDelhi). The third handle shall be that of the central control room (@DelhiPolice).

Through this initiative, Delhiites should follow these three accounts to get the latest updates on the Delhi Police’s activities, learn about the latest safety initiatives and tips, and receive critical information during times of crisis in the nation’s capital. All three accounts will enable a two way interaction between Delhiites and the Delhi Police.

The Delhi Police will work as the Delhi Police Control Room account. It will be a one stop shop for people to report issues and for Delhi Police to update them on law and order situations in the capital. It will supplement the Delhi Police control room in sourcing and distributing critical and time sensitive information.

The Delhi Police Commissioner Bhim Sen Bassi’s personal account will be a place for free discussions where people can talk to the Country’s senior most IPS officer directly.

The CP Delhi account will keep updates about the ongoing affairs at the Commissioner's office.

Through the platform Delhi Police aims to connect real time with people to give them speedy updates and actions. Transparent, quick and real time conversations on Twitter have motivated governments and authorities to actively engage on the platform.

Leading the way was Bangalore Police who joined Twitter in August 2014. Since their flag off, Bangalore Police has effectively utilised Twitter for constant interaction with its citizens. Achieving several milestones through the platform, Bangalore Police today stands at 116,000 number of followers.

The Bangalore Police Commissioner through his Twitter account has been personally supervising and tackling the grievances of people.