Ama Police Samiti’, a concept practiced in urban police stations of the State to take special care for the safety and security of senior citizens, would now be extended to other parts of the State.
“In view of growing incidents of crime against senior citizens in the State, DGP KB Singh has instructed all SPs and DCPs of the State to take special care of them,” said a release issued by the State police headquarters here on Thursday.
Under the Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizen Act of 2007 and subsequent Rules of 2009, the Urban Police Department (UPD) first formed the ‘Samitis’ in all the police stations of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate to instill a sense of security among the senior citizens.
Ordering to extend the facility to rest of the police stations of the State, the DGP has asked all police station IICs to maintain regiser of all the senior citizens residing in their respective jurisdictions and they should be provided a copy of advisory of ‘dos and don’ts’.
Roping in the local NGOs for support, the officers of senior citizen security cell shall visit some of the registered members every week to look for their houses’ physical security and verify the status of the domestic helps, if engaged, the release said.