KP police get tech to monitor counterterrorism operations

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police have integrated anti-drone systems and surveillance drones operating across the province into the Safe City Peshawar’s Command and Control Centre to strengthen security and surveillance capabilities. With the integration of Safe City cameras and anti-drone systems, live video and surveillance feeds from police drones operating anywhere in the province, including during field operations and offensives carried out against terrorists by the police and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), can now be monitored at the Command and Control Centre. Under the new system, hostile quadcopters and drones will not only be detected promptly but also neutralised, KP Safe Cities Project Director Deputy Inspector General Ijaz Ahmad said.

Addressing a news conference at the Command and Control Centre, DIG Ahmad said anti-drone systems installed in Peshawar and other cities had been linked to the centre. Drones, anti-drone systems integrated into Peshawar’s Safe City network He said live monitoring of police operations, including those conducted by the CTD across the province, had also become possible, facilitating the timely sharing of information. The DIG said modern anti-drone systems had already been deployed in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, Lakki Marwat, Tank and Bannu districts to meet evolving security requirements and counter emerging warfare threats. Anti-drone guns had also been provided to police personnel in remote and sensitive areas of the province, he added. He said the objective was to enhance the police’s ability to promptly detect and neutralise potential threats posed by hostile quadcopters and drones. The DIG said monitoring and control of police surveillance drones across the province had also been incorporated into the central…