A mobile application for senior citizens has been launched by the Delhi Police on Saturday. This app, called "Delhi Police Senior Citizen", was officially launched by Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung and Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma.
This app will help senior citizens in time of emergencies. Once the app is downloaded (from Google PlayStore) any senior citizen can register. Information on the name of the beat officer and his/her mobile number too will come.
“Those registered on the app will have the facility of pressing an SOS button for emergency call to the senior citizens helpline 1291. An alert will go to 24X7 control room with location of the caller and a simultaneous alert in the form of an SMS will go to the area SHO, beat officer and a pre-assigned contact,” Verma said.
This good move of the Delhi Police should be made available in other cities too as more and more senior citizens are staying alone now-a-days.
