Eye cameras to keep tab on traffic violators in Hyderabad

Cyberabad Traffic Police (CTP) on Friday launched “eye-worn cameras” for the first time in the country. Cyberabad Police Commissioner C V Anand launched the initiative by issuing seven eye-worn cameras for Traffic officers, which would be used during enforcement work under its “Smart Policing” initiative. 

These cameras are worn as goggles and are fixed to the right side of the frame and have the advantage of capturing pictures as they are seen by the eye of the traffic officer. " “This is the first time any police force is using eye-worn cameras on duty. They are sturdy and have recording facility for both audio and video with a 32 GB internal memory which can record up to 21 hours



continuously," according to Cyberabad Police.

In addition to the 25 body-worn cameras used by traffic cops, 75 more such cameras have been procured by Cyberabad Police to be used by enforcement officers while working to capture the interaction with public. The footage is also recorded and fed into the police station computers every day and this will supplement the existing video and digital Cameras. 

This camera is worn on the body and will prevent allegations of bad or suspicious behaviour on the part of the police officers, apart from keeping a watch on conduct of the traffic violators, it said. Already tabs have been distributed to all enforcement officers. Traffic Police personnel.