The mobile application will give all the information about the route, their exact location and the contact details of the nearby mobile police patrol, if required. Andhra Pradesh police department’s unique mobile application – AP Police Seva – provides as many as 86 such services to citizens at the touch of a button. “Depending on the GPS location of the user, the mobile app will tell her whether her present location is safe. “The individual can place a request on the mobile app to monitor his/her house when it is locked for a certain period. In a first, the police department has also provided a facility in the mobile app for a fact-check of fake news, he said.

Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2020 12:15 UTC