PANJIM, April 5 -- Team Herald

A day after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that only police inspectors (PIs) and police sub-inspectors (PSIs) with body cameras have been authorised to issue challans for traffic violations, O Heraldo's search for cops with body cameras proved to be futile. Indeed, there were fewer policemen than usual on the roads in some areas, including Mapusa and Porvorim.

A police officer in Panjim said, "The traffic police cells have been informed not to physically stop vehicles found violating motor vehicle rules, but to capture the violators through cameras and generate challans. The constables, head constables and Assistant Sub-Inspectors (ASIs) standing at road junctions or at other places will not stop t...