HYDERABAD: In order to facilitate connectivity and collaboration among police officials, a WhatsApp-like application called COP CONNECT was launched on Monday by Director General of Police M Mahendar Reddy. The application would be used to share official orders and circulars and would connect the 60,000-strong police force spread across 31 districts of the State.
“Working on a secure communication channel, COP CONNECT’s end-to-end encryption will ensure absolute security and confidentiality of the internal police department’s communication,” Reddy said adding that the app is based on the Telangana State Police internal communication strategy, which aims at promoting communication within the police.
“It has all the features of WhatsApp. However, unlike WhatsApp which restricts group members to 256, Cop Connect will have no such limits.”
“Different types of groups can be created at the state level, District/Commissionerate levels, zonal level, sub- divisional level, circle level and police station level,” the DGP said.
Police officials said that the app has all features of regular mobile messaging apps and is enabled for chatting, group chats, file sharing (image, audio, video and documents) and location sharing.
It also has an iMeeting option, which helps in scheduling department meetings in a easy way.
“COP-Connect will support the professional communication and collaboration needs of police department in all units starting from police station to the State Level.”
“It will help in transmitting the leadership vision to the police personnel of all wings of the Telangana Police department,” Mahendar Reddy said.
Has all the features of regular messaging app
Police said the app has all features of regular mobile messaging apps and is enabled for chatting, group chats, file sharing (image, audio, video and documents) and location sharing. It also has an iMeeting option, which helps in scheduling department meetings in a easy way. It would connect the 60,000-strong police force