The State police administration has targeted to complete the process of family interface by end of September next under the Community Policing Service (CPS) scheme, according to Director General of Police (DGP) Prakash Mishra.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday reviewed the implementation of the CPS, which was formally launched on the occasion of the Odisha Day on April 1 last.
The CPS was launched with an objective to improve the contact with members of public and win their confidence on the aspect of police administration, including law and order, security issue and get feedback to help the system to serve more efficiently.
After the meeting, Mishra said that since the launching of the service, an estimated 62,796 families of the total 3, 34,155 families had been covered under the public interface programme. The Chief Minister asked to provide CPS to rest of the families through family interface by September next.
According to official sources, the CPS had been launched in at least one police station in each of the 34 police districts as 'Ama police'. As many as 379 Beats have been constituted and police officers in the rank of Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police / Havildar/ Constable have been given the charge as Beat police officer to contact each family in the Beat area. They are now accessible to redress local problems relating to law and order and security, sources said.
Sources said that so far Ama Police Samity (APS) has been constituted in police stations covering 23 districts and the APS has been able to redress the problems of the local public through mass contact programme. It was decided to form the APS in the police stations of all the districts by June end. Sources informed that under the APS, a number of village disputes had been solved through mass contact successfully in the districts of Ganjam, Nabarangpur and Nuapada.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary BK Patnaik, Development Commissioner JK Patnaik, Home Secretary UN Behera and senior police officials.