Bangalore City Police now allows citizens of Bangalore to send complaints via WhatsApp and SMS. Abhishek Goyal, DCP of Bangalore's Crime Branch tweeted saying that citizens could send their complaints to +91-9480801000 detailing the issue. The Bangalore City Police Department is known for its active use of social media including Facebook, and Twitter (Bangalore City Traffic Police) to monitor unlawful activities, bust crimes, and provide information. Now you can also #WhatsApp your issues/complaints to @BlrCityPolice on 9480801000. #BCPonWhatsApp pic.twitter.com/4pva8fTyNy — Abhishek Goyal (@goyal_abhei) March 9, 2016 Report crime through Periscope: In July, last year, Bangalore Police said that residents could use Twitter’s live streaming app Periscope to record videos of crimes and vehicles jumping traffic signals among other offences. The police control room would be able to find the location of the crime from the person shooting the video and alert jurisdictional police. Bangalore police also said that they would use the app to live stream its press conferences, through which people watching could comment and interact live. Report traffic violations: In February 2015, it 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. Twitter bust: In 2014, Bangalore Police successfully raided the offices of a fake online shopping portal called BigSop.com (now defunct) based on complaints received on Twitter. According to DCP (Crime) Abhishek Goyal, BigSop.com used to deploy pop-up advertisements that informed users that they had won an…
