Gujarat is poised to become a laboratory for research and development of crime control technology with the help of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Gujarat government is going to tie up with the national agency, DRDO, to set up a laboratory to train Gujarat police and research and develop new weapons and crime control technologies. Gujarat government sources said, “For DRDO’s new laboratory we plan to offer a plot of land at the Karai State Police Training Academy near Gandhinagar. A formal memorandum of understanding will be signed in a couple of days between the state home department and DRDO.” Source close to the development said, “Top officials of DRDO and the state government had a high-level meeting and explored the areas of co-operation. At present, DRDO only works with the three defense wings and BSF and a few other national forces for development of weapons and other technology. However there is a need to devise sophisticated technology for internal security. We requested DRDO to help train our police personnel and provide the best technology for surveillance and crime control. DRDO authorities liked the idea and offered various services.” Sources further added, “We are formalizing short term and long term cooperation plans. We need their help in developing low-cost, high-efficiency weapons, effective monitoring of various criminal activities in border areas and within major cities, control of sophisticated cyber and financial crimes etc.”
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