To create a safer environment
for elders, the Elders Helpline has launched a Elders Police
Hotline facility for senior citizens on the occasion of "World
Elders Day" on 1st October 2005. This enables the elderly
seek help from the police and neighbors in an emergency. For
this scheme, senior citizens need to have a BSNL telephone connection
and register. When needing help, they have only to lift and
hold the telephone receiver off the hook for 20 seconds.The
caller is identified through an ID number and using information
from their data base, the police will first contact the caller's
neighbour and then rush their mobile help units, Hoysala or
Cheetah, to the spot. It is a free service.
Elders Helpline
Office of the Additional Commissioner of Police,
2nd Floor, BMTC bus comples,
Shivajinagar, Bangalore - 560001
Phone:- 1090
