Technology is a powerful tool, use it for public safety, and security: SP Jagadeesh

Technology is simply a almighty instrumentality and its existent worth lies successful utilizing it for nationalist safety, security, and strengthening systems, Superintendent of Police P Jagadeesh said.

Mr. Jagadeesh connected Saturday (March 28) participated successful the expansive finale of the Anantapur Police AI Hackathon 2026 held successful the city. Speaking connected the occasion, helium explained that the initiative, organized for the archetypal clip successful the State by the Anantapur Police Department, aims to promote pupil creativity successful the tract of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and bring retired innovative ideas.

Around 1,000 participants registered for the hackathon and online competitions were conducted wherever participants developed PPTs and applications connected topics specified arsenic work roster generator, Multilingual AI-based ailment portal, AI-powered OCR strategy for recognizing handwritten documents, and different related themes. From these, astir 40 apical teams were selected for the expansive finale.

The SP noted that B.Tech students from crossed the State participated successful the hackathon highlighting that existent occurrence lies not conscionable successful coding oregon gathering apps, but successful solving existent societal problems. He emphasized that AI volition play a important relation successful policing successful the coming years and encouraged students to absorption connected innovation alternatively than conscionable job-seeking. He expressed anticipation that their ideas would lend to the nation’s aboriginal security. Trainee IPS serviceman Ashwin Manideep and others were besides contiguous astatine the event.