Kanpur: All nine districts of Kanpur zone will take Google's help to move away from "reactive policing" to "preventive policing" for reducing crime in the city. All the 176 police stations falling under Kanpur zone would feed last ten year's crime date to Google and then after identifying crime sensitive areas on Google Maps, police check-posts and pickets will be set up in each of those areas.

The 'preventive policing' initiative would begin from first week of July, nine districts of Kanpur zone including Kanpur (city), Kannauj, Kanpur (rural), Farukhabad, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mainpuri, Jalaun and Itava.