È un'iniziativa della polizia di TN di fornire assistenza immediata tramite trigger SoS

Tamil Nadu Police Department is proud to bring to people of the state, the KAVALAN SOS App as a part of the Tamil Nadu State Police Master Control Room initiative, which the people of Tamil Nadu can use to seek police assistance instantly in emergency situations such as physical emergencies, eve teasing, kidnapping or natural disasters such as Floods, earthquakes etc

WHO IS THE KAVALAN SOS APP FOR ?

General Public of Tamil Nadu especially women and children, can use the Kavalan App whenever they feel vulnerable or threatened so that help from the Police can reach them at the earliest no matter where they are. People can also contact the Police instantly through this service during emergencies such as natural disasters. Anonymous complaints can also be verified immediately, saving time and resources in the price

HOW DOES THE “KAVALAN SOS” APP WORK ?

Tamil Nadu Police Department’s official app "Kavalan SOS” is available for Android and iOS. After installation, provide your personal mobile number, home address and an alternate mobile number for registration. Post registration, provide mandatory details like your email address, date of birth, gender, address and city.

Provide contact details of any TWO relatives or close friends as Emergency Contacts preferably living in the same city. Details such as mobile number, name and relationship is mandatory. Additionally, you can add a third contact person as an Emergency contact.

You will receive an activation code on your registered mobile number to complete sign up.

Enter your activation code and your sign in process is complete. The Kavalan Home screen will be displayed post this.

During an emergency, pressing the SOS button on the home page starts a 5 second countdown. After 5 seconds, the app automatically sends current location along with Panic signal & video recording from your back camera to the Control room Kavalan team.

Within a minute, the team will contact you and ascertain type of emergency assistance/help required from Police Dept. Simultaneously, your location will also be sent to your preregistered “Emergency Contacts" as an SMS alert. This app is also works under non-data availability area by transmitting alert in the form of SMS to control room to ensure availability of service.

All the permission required during registration process are only for the purpose of proper functioning of the SoS app and all its associated features. Department is not accessing your device or data. Some of the permissions are as per policy of Google play store.

All user details/data are under safe and secured department's IT infra environment only by following all required standards.

KAVALAN - SOS is powered by Technical Services, Tamilnadu Police, Chennai-4