To reduce incidents of house theft, the Belagavi City Police have rolled out a new initiative titled the ‘Locked House Beat System’. Under this system, police personnel will keep a close watch on homes that remain locked when residents travel out of the city.
Citizens have been asked to share their house address, location pin and the duration of their absence via WhatsApp with the City Police Control Room. Belagavi City Police Commissioner Bhushan Gulabrao Borase stated that the information shared by residents would be kept strictly confidential and passed only to the beat staff of the respective areas during night duty.
As part of the initiative, night patrol teams will check the locked houses at least twice between 1 am and 5 am, a time considered most vulnerable to thefts. The police have urged the public to make use of this facility to help prevent burglaries in the city.
