Bengaluru City Police

There have been protests and even a petition online. Bangalore Police are pushing hard to help people remove film from their cars by 19th May.

Why did Bengaluru’s lawyers not rely on the law to take action on top police officials, and go on strike instead? Citizen Matters spoke to several advocates and here’s what emerged.

The law says the fire department officials can be held responsible for the girl’s death. But the police are hesitant to start investigations.

Traffic police’s surprise checks are good entertainment – not for those caught, but for those who watch.

BTP’s efforts to reach out to the community has resulted in lots of residents and RWAs showing up on the third Saturday of the month with their trouble list.

I run the risk of being classified as a habitual traffic offender, but I must clarify that on both occasions, I blame it on the traffic signals rather than my seemingly inadequate driving skills.

The police and the residents want the domestic workers to be profiled to security reasons. Domestic workers are protesting the move. What is the need for this profiling?

After giving permission for ‘Slut Walk’, the provocative protest against victim blaming in cases of sexual assault, cops backtracked at the very last minute.

An independent police complaints authority to handle public complaints against cops was long awaited. First city police said it does not exist. And then came the discovery.

IAC is demanding for Police Complaints Authority to be set up at both district and state levels. Though this is based on a Supreme Court order, will the state government act?

With a PhD in traffic management Additional Commissioner Police (Traffic) M Abdulla Saleem, is confident of working around the infrastructure work to fix traffic issues. But traffic planning is still not under his purview he says.

In case of a ‘real’ emergency, the city was all alone. The police force was too busy or not going to answer your call!