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Highway Police & Highway Alert

This system was introduced in the Kerala Police vide PHQ Circular No.9/02, dated 09/08/02 and order No. U6-51825/02, dated 08/05/03 respectively with objectives controlling Traffic, enforcement of Traffic Laws, prevention of Road Accidents, providing immediate attention and assistance to victims of accidents, handling of Law & Order issues, and enforcement of Laws on Highways, etc. The Highway Patrol System has 30 Base Stations (Police Stations) on Highways. Each Highway Police Vehicle is assigned an ‘Operational area’ and a Base Station. The Officers and men are deployed for duty in the Highway Police from various Police Stations in the District, and they perform duties in three shifts. Each shift is of 12 hours duration and one shift is on rest. The timings of the shifts are from 8 AM to 8 PM and 8 PM to 8 AM. 1 SI, 1 ASI/HC, 1 PC AND 1 Driver PC are on duty in each Highway Patrol Vehicle in each shift.

The duties and responsibilities of the Highway Police Personnel are:

(a) Traffic Enforcement with a view to avoid road accidents and bring immediate relief to victims of accident.

(b) Traffic control at the places where there are chances of traffic jams at and places where people gather in large numbers such as Schools, Places of Worship, Hospitals etc.

(d) Attend any distress call from any person on Highway.

(e) Check for any illicit transportation of contraband articles, smuggling of goods, stolen vehicles etc.

(f) Attend to all information regarding crimes of trivial in nature on the Highways in time.

(g) To render assistance to the traveling public on the Highways, as and when needed with care and courtesy.

(h) Act as a moving Police Station to help public etc.

At present a total of 42 Highway Police Patrols are functioning along all the important Roads in Kerala. New Tavera Vehicles are used for the purpose. Each Vehicle carries various Records, Arms, and other traffic-related equipments (including stretchers, First-Aids, Boxes, Traffic Enforcement items, etc.).

Each Vehicle has been provided with a Wireless Set and a Mobile Phone for easy communication.

In addition to this, a Highway Alert Number 9846 100 100 has been widely publicized, and any person can contact this number to get the assistance of the Highway Police anytime (day or night)

In the last two years, the Highway Police helped in averting some major accidents, reached timely medical help to a large number of accident victims in odd hours, detected some Crime cases and arrested some criminals. The success story continues.

To reach the Police help on the Highways and on major Roads in Kerala, 42 well equipped versatile vehicles have been pressed into service and they constitute what is known as Highway Police and the vehicles are known as Highway Patrols. They operate 24 x 7 and are contactable directly even by the Public because these vehicles are provided with a Mobile Telephone. The Mobile Phone Number of each Highway Patrol vehicle is given below:

Sl No	Highway Patrol No.	Table Area	Phone Number
	HIGHWAY POLICE		9846100100
1	KILO 1	KUMBALA	9946500101
2	KILO 2	HOSDURG	9946500102
3	KILO 3	THALIPARAMB	9946500103
4	KILO 4	THALASSERY	9946500104
5	KILO 5	KUTHUPARAMBA	9946500105
6	KILO 6	MEENANGADI	9946500106
7	KILO 7	PAYYOLI	9946500107
8	KILO 8	NALLALAM	9946500108
9	KILO 9	THENJIPALAM	9946500109
10	KILO 10	VALANCHERY	9946500110
11	KILO 11	KONDOTTY	9946500111
12	KILO 12	MANJERY	9946500112
13	KILO 13	KUZHALMANNAM	9946500113
14	KILO 14	PALAKKAD	9946500114
15	KILO 15	OTTAPALAM	9946500115
16	KILO 16	MANNARKAD	9946500116
17	KILO 17	PERAMANGALAM	9946500117
18	KILO 18	PUTHUKKAD	9946500118
19	KILO 19	KODUNGALLUR	9946500119
20	KILO 20	GURUVAYUR	9946500120
21	KILO 21	MANNUTHI	9946500121
22	KILO 22	VADAKKANCHERY	9946500122
23	KILO 23	ANKAMALI	9946500123
24	KILO 24	PARAVUR	9946500124
25	KILO 25	MOOVATTUPUZHA	9946500125
26	KILO 26	PANANGAD	9946500126
27	KILO 27	DEVIKULAM	9946500127
28	KILO 28	CHINGAVANAM	9946500128
29	KILO 29	KANJIRAPALLY	9946500129
30	KILO 30	ADOOR	9946500130
31	KILO 31	PATHANAMTHITTA	9946500131
32	KILO 32	CHERTHALA	9946500132
33	KILO 33	KARIYILAKULANGARA	9946500133
34	KILO 34	CHAVARA	9946500134
35	KILO 35	CHATHANNUR	9946500135
36	KILO 36	PUNALUR	9946500136
37	KILO 37	KOTTARAKKARA	9946500137
38	KILO 38	VIZHINJAM	9946500138
39	KILO 39	KAZHAKKOOTAM	9946500139
40	KILO 40	NEYYATTINKARA	9946500140
41	KILO 41	VENJARAMOOD	9946500141
42	KILO 42	NEDUMANGAD	9946500142

In addition to the above phone numbers there is a general telephone number 9846100100 which can be contacted at anytime. This Alert Number can communicate with the concerned Highway Patrol vehicle without any loss of time through Wireless & Mobile Phone about any distress call so that Highway Patrol can reach the spot without much loss time. The Highway Patrol covering important roads are also meant for traffic regulations, traffic law enforcement, accident management on the roads. Law and order issues on the Highways, attending to any distress calls from any person of the highway and also help local Police sometimes in crime investigation (as they are the first to respond to a crime by reaching the spot) are also included in their charter of duties. Sometimes, they are also used for checking smuggling especially of contraband and illicit transportation of spirit, etc. They act as moving Police Stations on the Highways/ Roads. Their role in helping the accident victims and to arrange their quicker removal to the Hospitals have received applause from many.