In order to curb speeding vehicles, Honda 2Wheelers India has provided a fleet of fully equipped interceptors to Rajasthan Police. With a 360 degree camera mounted on top and visual identification for up to 500 meters, the Interceptor was conceived to fulfill various roles such as traffic law enforcement, enforcement on a mobile platform, traffic education, primarily first aid and rescue, road and infrastructure surveys, deterrent and road safety audits. Additionally, to offer our industry expertise in road safety, Traffic Assistance Booths have been set up across National Highways 2 and 8. Motorcycles fully equipped with public announcements systems, sirens, flashlights, 120 high-quality safety helmets, first aid boxes, cones at assistance booths and reflective jackets for traffic police guards, have also been provided to assist the police in monitoring traffic. There is no substitute for improved and effective policing in times when the crime graph appears overwhelming.
Haryana as a state and the cosmopolitan city of Gurugram experiences crime like any other state in India does, its proximity to the national capital region lends it more attention than others. The 2016 National Crime Records Bureau, ranks Haryana 4th among all states and union territories on reported incidences of rape, abduction, kidnapping, and murder. A system was thus needed that would help increase confidence among citizens and allow them to feel safer while venturing out of their homes.
It has been Honda's mission to make roads safe for people to access and has taken steps which have made highways safer as part of the traffic assistance booths which now cover the major national highways of NH1,2 and 8. Taking this initiative deeper, Honda 2Wheelers has joined hands with the Haryana Police department to evolve a community policing initiative which would lend wheels to beat officers and increase their responsiveness in Gurugram.
This initiative was named as PRAHRY or sentinel. A Quick Response Team (QRT) was thus set up to act as an extension arm for the police and allow for efficiency in crime management within the state. The QRT is expected to help the police address complaints by responding quickly as time is of the essence in the case of most crimes. Crime detection and prevention will, therefore, receive a major boost under this joint initiative.
Honda draws the inspiration to be a part of this initiative from SDG-11 which focusses on making cities and roads safer, especially for women, children, and senior citizens. Putting wheels to this idea, Honda 2Wheelers has provided 60 fully equipped motorcycles complete with sirens, flashlights, public announcement system, reflective gear for policemen and safety helmets. These QRT units are tagged to identified police stations basis crime propensity by the Haryana Police department and patrol sensitive points across the city during day and night. Within a month of its operation which began on January 2018, the Quick Response Team was able to assist over 200 persons at the time of need. Streets are expected to only get safer and crime-free over time making such public spaces accessible to all at all times, with QRT teams keeping a vigilant watch. This initiative is expected to increase the number of touchpoints people can access in the event of a crime and will increase the spirit of cooperation between the community and police, leading to safer streets and roads.
