Home and Jail Minister Babulal Gaur has said that police stations in the State will be divided into four categories on the basis of heinous crimes.
The police stations with zero heinous crimes and the ones where such crimes are maximum will be differentiated. On this basis, strategy would be chalked out and implemented to curb heinous crimes. This was stated by Gaur to Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria and other Mumbai police officers in Mumbai on Monday after discussions on methods to curb crimes.
Gaur said that all 94 police stations in Mumbai have been divided into 4 categories on the basis of heinous crimes. Police stations in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur will now be categorised in the same manner. Police force will be increased in police stations which are sensitive and where heinous crimes are more and a strategy will be chalked out to identify, arrest and monitor habitual criminals. Under this strategy, police will work in the direction of curbing/decreasing heinous crimes.
Gaur said that the zero tolerance policy regarding crimes against women will be made more effective. Places in metro cities will be identified from where more crimes against women are reported. Apart form increasing patrolling in these police stations, policewomen will also be included in patrolling parties. Use of information technology will be increased to provide quick safety to women. Arrangements will be made to ensure that police force rushes for women’s help from whatever place or during journey they inform about crime through SMS or phone. He also said that students force will be constituted to assist traffic police and new traffic reform programme will be started.
Police Commissioner Maria informed about functioning of Mumbai police. He informed that number of police personnel is 50,618 in Mumbai, which is one fourth of Maharashtra’s police force. Mumbai has 24,75,000 registered vehicles and 511 vehicles are being registered daily, which is a big challenge before traffic police. He also informed about strategy to curb traffic crimes.