Bangalore residents can now use Twitter’s live streaming app Periscope to record videos of crimes and vehicles jumping traffic signals among other offences, reports ET. The report claims that the police control room will be able to find the location of the crime from the person who’s shooting the video and alert jurisdictional police. The police told ET that it might help in its function as a ‘live surveillance camera’. Bangalore police will also use the app to live stream its press conferences, through which people watching can comment and interact live. A good write-up on our periscope.V need more of our followers to join us on periscope. Possibilities seem endless!! pic.twitter.com/iuGPesWmCE — M N Reddi, IPS (@CPBlr) July 10, 2015 In February this year, Bangalore traffic police had launched an initiative where residents could report traffic violations through its Public Eye web and mobile applications. Citizens could report traffic violations by uploading a picture along with the vehicle registration number, type of violation, place and type of violation. In May, Twitter updated its live video streaming app Periscope with the ability to sign up for the service without a Twitter account. New users would now be able to sign up for the app using their phone numbers instead. Twitter had earlier purchased Periscope in January for an undisclosed amount, although the company could have spent $86 million to acquire Periscope. Subsequently, Twitter launched the video streaming app in March with a Twitter integrated login. Other digital/online initiatives by the…
