India, Oct. 29 -- Telangana Director General of Police C.V. Anand on Wednesday launched a set of technology-driven initiatives for the Criminal Investigation Department at the police headquarters in Hyderabad, including a public portal, a jail-release monitoring system and an Android-based facial recognition application meant for field verification.

A Citizen Feedback Centre has been set up to gather direct responses from people who have recently used police services, among them filing petitions or FIRs, paying e-challans and getting a passport verified. Anand said the reforms were aimed at making police services more transparent, accountable and efficient while strengthening public trust. A statement from the force said it remained comm...