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Anucheth: Police stations receive sufficient government funding to operate without bribes
“No, it's not. I think everything is well budgeted for. And you have sufficient budget to take care. It's just that how you plan it. If you plan for something and you budget for it, you do get the required funds.”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 57:45 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Insight
Anucheth: Societal need, not technology, will dictate self-driving vehicle adoption
“It's not the question of technology. It's the question of need, societal need. Do you re actually require a self-driving car here is the question at that price. So if you see US, ah, there is the dearth of drivers, especially for long haul, ah, trailers like t…”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 14:48 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Assertion Supported
Anucheth: AI signals cut Bengaluru junction wait times by 17-22%
“This is implemented in 165 junctions of Bangalore City. We have seen a tremendous reduction in the waiting time. Maybe up 17 to 22%, which is perceptible. Secondly, from operational point of view, ah, the amount of men deployed for each junction has reduced. A…”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 20:25 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Assertion Supported
Anucheth: Bengaluru has India's highest vehicular density at 872 per thousand
“Now, Bangalore has the highest number of vehicles per thousand. It's 872 per thousand population.”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 59:40 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Assertion Supported
Anucheth: Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield Metro connection reduced peak traffic by 17%
“When the biopinality line got connected to the wild field line, right? Automatically peak our traffic reduced by 17%.”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 1:01:12 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Assertion Supported
Anucheth: Bengaluru vehicle count doubled between 2013 and 2023
“So we have 1.5 crore population with 1.23 crore vehicle population, right? So with the kind of explosive growth, so the compounded annual growth rate of vehicles is eight percent, right? We doubled in between 2013 and 22, 23. It was 56 to become 1.12 crores, r…”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 59:55 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Insight
Anucheth: Reforming police perception requires ending fear-based parenting tactics
“In India it requires a social change wherein you no longer say, if you do something wrong, police will come. Yeah. As a kid, if you're going to say, hey, police barthari, hella utta madu, hella maath kedu, police barthari, until you start showing it as a fearf…”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 1:25:14 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Assertion Supported
Anucheth: Constables make up about 83% of the police force
“They constitute a majority of the police force, about 83%.”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 9:20 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
Assertion Partly supported
Anucheth: Bengaluru generates 30,000 traffic violations and 20,000 challans daily
“About 30,000 violations are generated. About 20,000 are Chalant.”
M. N. Anucheth May 12, 2025 ▶ 24:24 Nikhil Kamath ft. Police Comm'r & Traffic Police Comm'r of Bengaluru | WTF is Policing? | Special Ep · Nikhil Kamath
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