While laying emphasis on creating awareness about rules and regulations of Juvenile Justice Act (JJA) among the police officers, State DGP MA Ganapathy said on Tuesday that the police officers should implement the act effectively to check crimes against the children.
While inaugurating the three- day workshop on Juvenile Justice Act at Narendra Nagar, Tehri on Tuesday, the State’s top cop said that police officers should not violate this act while dealing with crime cases involving children.
He further said that the demographic profile in India will be changed in next few years and there will be significant increase in the number of children below 18 years.
He directed the sub-inspectors to understand the nuances of the Juvenile Justice Act so that they are able to deal with cases involving children professionally. Apart from this, they could be able to adopt child friendly investigation procedures, he stressed.
While addressing the policemen, JS Pandey, ex-DGP, said that police personnel should understand the basics regarding the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act. IG (law and order) Deepam Seth said that Uttarakhand police have displayed child-friendly approach through the Operation Smile the state police embarked on to rescue the missing children and to rehabilitate them.
Fifty six police officers- GRP officials, child welfare officers, special juvenile police unit members and anti- human trafficking unit members from Dehradun, Haridwar, Uttarkashi and Rudraprayag attended the programme. Additional DGP (law and order) Anil Kumar Raturi, ADGP (vigilance) Ashok Kumar, ADGP (administration) Ram Singh Meena were also present.