The Mumbai police had a Vehicle Tracking System (VTS) installed in their vehicles in 2017, so that their location could be tracked by the control room. The idea was to send the vehicle that was nearest to a crime or incident, immediately to the spot. But nearly 20 per cent of the VTS units are not currently functional it is learnt, due to technical issues or because there is a delay in their installation in new vehicles.

About 1,500 VTS units were given to the Mumbai police and over 250 of them are currently non-functional. Senior police officers have asked all the police station personnel to review the VTS in their patrolling vehicles.