A “Police-Public Interface” was organised by the Society for Nature, Education and Health (SNEH) on August 23 here.
Additional DCP, Commissionerate Police, Bhubaneswar, Prakash Chandra Pal inaugurated the event along with IIC, Nayapalli Police Station, Biswaranjan Sahoo who attended the programme as guest of honour.
Sandhyarani Tripathy, Rajnikanta Mohaptra, Santosh Kumar Jena, Kabita Suar, Mitarani Sethi, senior members from the Bhubaneswar Bar Association, also actively participated in the interface. The main objective of the interface was to promote the restorative justice process as a means to settle disputes and conflicts and promote unity building in the community.
As many as 40 people from the Salia Sahi slum, local leaders from eight Peace Committees and Sahi Committees participated in the programme. Such initiatives can help develop relationships between the police and the public, so they are essential for peace building and prevention of violence, said president, SNEH Ubarna Ghosh.
Sudarshan Chhotoray, eminent journalist, focused on the fact that there was little understanding of police regulations among ordinary people.
"The police should be more friendly with the community to win the confidence of the people to resolve the issues easily at the grass-root level,” said Additional DCP Pal.
In this connection, Nayapalli police station IIC Sahoo said the community should be more disciplined and should be aware about legal rights and the consequences of crime.
The programme was jointly organised by SNEH and Mennonite Central Committee.