Hyderabad: Police chiefs and senior officers from southern States and Union Territories will meet in Hyderabad on Friday to strengthen inter-State coordination and chalk out a joint strategy to tackle cross-border crime, including cybercrime, drug trafficking and terrorism.
Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will attend the Southern Regional Police Coordination Committee meeting as the chief guest at the Telangana Integrated Command and Control Centre (TGICCC).
The meeting, organised by the Telangana Police, aims to strengthen intelligence sharing, improve coordination among law enforcement agencies and develop a collective response to emerging security challenges, Director General of Police (DGP) CV Anand said.
Directors General of Police and Inspectors-General from Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, besides representatives from the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry and Lakshadweep, will participate in the deliberations.
Senior officials from central agencies, including the Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Investigation, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, National Investigation Agency, Central Industrial Security Force, Border Security Force and Central Reserve Police Force, will also attend.
The discussions will cover terrorism, the post-Maoist security scenario, drug trafficking, inter-State cybercrime, organised crime, economic offences, youth protests and human trafficking. The movement of criminal gangs across State borders and mechanisms for sharing intelligence and coordinating investigations will also be examined.
The implementation of the new criminal laws, coastal security, road accident prevention and the use of artificial intelligence in policing are among the other issues expected to figure in the meeting.
The conference seeks to strengthen operational cooperation through timely intelligence exchange, joint operations and the sharing of best practices to prevent and investigate crimes that transcend State boundaries.
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Source: The Siasat Daily
