Technology-driven policing helps Bengaluru Police reunite missing children with families in record time

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With the assistance of technology-enabled and community-centric policing, the Bengaluru Police person successfully traced and reunited arsenic galore arsenic six missing and unattended children with their families wrong minutes implicit the past 12 days, nether the Bengaluru Safe City Project, supported by the Namma-112 exigency effect strategy and the automated Hoysala patrol dispatch network.

According to the police, implicit the past fewer weeks, aggregate incidents involving susceptible children were resolved swiftly done real-time exigency response, GPS-based patrol deployment, and seamless coordination betwixt the constabulary power country and tract personnel. Response times successful these cases ranged from an awesome 4 to 20 minutes.

The archetypal incidental occurred connected December 27, 2025, nether the jurisdiction of J.P. Nagar Police Station, erstwhile a mentally unstable pistillate attempted to instrumentality distant a two-year-old child. The suspicious behaviour was noticed by ASI Mallikarjun B.G. of Tilak Nagar Police Station, who alerted Namma-112. An automatic CFS lawsuit was generated, and Hoysala-145 reached the spot wrong 5 minutes, ensuring the kid was safely reunited with the mother.

Later the aforesaid night, nether the Chamarajapete Police Station limits, a pistillate reported her 16-year-old mentally challenged lad missing. The power country dispatched Hoysala-91, which arrived wrong 9 minutes and traced the lad aft a little search, reuniting him with his family.

On December 29, a kid recovered wandering unsocial successful Bellandur prompted different Namma-112 call. Hoysala-239 reached the determination wrong 13 minutes, secured the child, traced the parents, and ensured a harmless handover.

Similar swift enactment was seen connected January 3, 2026, adjacent Sanjeevini Nagar, Hegganahalli, wherever Hoysala-108 responded wrong 11 minutes to rescue a four-year-old kid recovered crying by the roadside. The kid was aboriginal reunited with the parents.

On January 4, nether Kadugodi Police Station limits, 2 children recovered roaming connected the roadworthy were rescued by Hoysala-232, which reached the spot successful 17 minutes and safely escorted the children location aft verification.

Another palmy cognition was carried retired connected January 8, erstwhile Hoysala-292 traced a seven-year-old boy, Tejas, reported missing from Dananayakanahalli nether Kumbalagodu Police Station, reuniting him with his household wrong 20 minutes.

The fastest effect was recorded connected January 14, adjacent the Hosakerehalli Flyover nether Girinagar Police Station limits, wherever Hoysala-314 reached the country successful conscionable 4 minutes aft a toddler was spotted wandering connected a engaged road. The kid was promptly secured and handed implicit to the parents aft verification.

Officials said the GPS-enabled proximity mapping strategy nether Namma-112 ensures the nearest Hoysala patrol is automatically deployed, importantly reducing effect clip and improving outcomes.

Published - January 18, 2026 05:38 p.m. IST

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