Meet these unique ‘security personnel’ at Indian Railways Visakhapatnam station. At the Visakhapatnam railway station of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) zone, GoPro cameras have been recently mounted on sniffer dogs as a new feature for added security arrangements. They will add to passengers’ security with their new gear!
This means that passengers’ safety will increase as any threats will be identified on the spot. With this, the sniffer dogs, who belong to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) dog squad, will play an extremely crucial role in strengthening the surveillance mechanism with the help of the live footage captured through the GoPro cameras. An East Coast Railway official said that this step has been taken as a part of the modernization process of the RPF dog squad at the railway station. Four GoPro cameras were recently commissioned by the ECoR zone at the Waltair Division. This initiative of mounting high-definition cameras on RPF dogs has been done for the very first time across the Indian Railways network. With this futuristic technological gear, the sniffer dogs will also play an indispensable role in improving the surveillance system, along with the police personnel and the CCTV cameras. These GoPro cameras capture the live footage from a dog’s eye view. The sniffer dog handlers, who stay with the dogs, can watch the real-time visuals on their mobile phones through the WIFi network, in order to access the security threat if any, on the spot itself. The cameras are equipped with a rotating 170-degree wide angle lens with 16 megapixel camera, two-inch screen and 4K-ultra high definition (HD) video recording features.
