Madhya Pradesh Police has received three prestigious awards at the national level. FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries), the premier institution of trade and industry of the country, has announced awards to Madhya Pradesh Police in three categories of Smart Policing Awards 2019. These awards will be presented on August 22 at FICCI's auditorium in New Delhi.
Among the three categories in which FICCI has selected Madhya Pradesh Police for the award, exemplary work in crime control related to women and children, State’s ‘identified crime’ scheme and SCMRC (Safe City Monitoring Response Center) CCTV of 60 cities in Bhopal. The data includes the honors being received for the vehicle detection portal created by Police Telecom.
This year’s second prize is for the identified crime scheme. Madhya Pradesh Police identifies about 800 to one thousand sensational and heinous crimes every year across the State. In these cases, there is strong advocacy at all levels from the stage of investigation to prosecution and appeal. The conviction rate in such cases is more than 70 percent.
The third award of the year is being received for the vehicle screening portal of SCMRC Bhopal and Police Telecom. The entire data is collected and analyzed to detect stolen vehicles on this portal.
Additional Director General of Police, Crime against Women Anvesh Mangalam said that the first award given by FICCI has been given for the perfect mechanism put in place by the Madhya Pradesh Police to punish criminals who sexually harass women and children.