Hyderabad: Prakasam district superintendent of police K. Raghuram Reddy informed that the police department would be using GPS devices and Google Maps to monitor the movement of the police mobile parties and for a quick response for any complaint.

Mr Raghuram Reddy said that a team of techies from Hyderabad, comprising Karunkar Reddy, Riyaz and Sandeep were working voluntarily with the police department and providing valuable inputs and help with the GPS system.

Asking the people to cooperate with the police department for a free and fair byelection, he said that the police had initiated strong measures like usage of tracking technology  to curb anomalies during voting.

Source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/nellore/gps-and-google-help-cops-bypolls-830