Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday said that the State Government was committed to provide a safe and secure environment to the women of the State.
Maintaining best law and order in the State was the top priority of the Himachal Government, said the Chief Minister while presiding over the 46th All Indian Police Congress organised by the Himachal Pradesh Police Department and The Bureau of Police Research and Development here.
He said that focus of the Government was to check drug peddling, particularly involvement of youth in these activities.
‘Gudiya Helpline’ and ‘Shakti Button App.’ have been launched in the State for women safety. The main object of these initiatives was to provide immediate assistance to women at the time of distress, he added.
Thakur said that the endeavour of the State Government was to ensure optimum use of modern technology for ensuring effective law and order situation in the State. The State Police Department has been adjudged as the best State in implementation of CCTNS project, said he.
He further said that it was the need of the hour to think out of the box to enhance police functioning and maximise use to technology in day to day police functioning. The social media has revolutionized the new medium of communication and the law enforcing agencies can no longer ignore its potential in various policing functions. Though police and citizens have different perceptions and priorities about social media, it can prove very useful to bridge the gap between the police and public, he added,
Thakur said that use of crypto currency or virtual currency was being used nowadays and the law enforcing agencies must understand it fully and evolve mechanism to counter its misuse in crimes.
He said that it was necessary to have good knowledge of information technology to solve different crimes.
The Chief Minister said that drug abuse, particularly by the younger generation was another area of concern. Although seizure of drugs was a way to curb the supply of drugs, but the best way to check this social vice was to end it from where it begins that is cultivation of such crops. Destruction of illicit crops such as cannabis, opium poppy etc. should be the main strategies to cut down the supply of such drugs, he added.
Thakur further said that better understanding of these issues was imperative to deliver quality services to the people and live up to their expectations of providing safe and secure crime free environment to them.
later, the Chief Minister inaugurated the exhibition on different investigation and police assistance equipments on the occasion.