Virtual Police to Patrol Beijing Web Portals
August 28, 2007 – 8:59 pmBeijing’s police is scheduled to launch its first ever virtual police on leading web portals in the city starting from September 1st, Beijing News reports.
With cartoonized virtual police figures in place on Beijing’s 13 major websites, including Sina.com and Sohu.com, netizens will feel free to report online or offline crimes by just clicking them whenever these “virtual police 110″ appear on webpages every half an hour.
Such virtual police patrols are expected to cover all web portals registered with Beijing servers by the end of the year.
According to Beijing’s Public Security Bureau, they have designed their two virtual figures as a cartoon policeman and a cartoon policewoman just to make their presence attractive and interesting. The two animated figures will keep patrolling the websites on their virtual police van, motorcycle or on foot.
An information center at Beijing’s police headquarter will value the emergency level of crime reports and reply a report in less than 30 minutes.
The Beijing PSB adds their virtual police will be mainly engaged in cracking down on web pornography and sale of prohibited items, like guns, on the web.
Others online crimes, like theft or embezzling other’s web bank accounts, fraud, gambling, hacker attacks on public security and financial networks, spreading superstition and rumors, and money laundering will also be under their close scrutiny.
