In a bid to bring effective coordination and cooperation in policing among the Delhi Police and their counterparts, an interstate coordination meeting took place in Delhi Police headquarters on Wednesday.
Delhi Police commissioner Alok Verma convened the meeting while senior Delhi IPS officers and officers from other States, including Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and J&K were present.
“The meeting was an attempt to strengthen coordination among all IPS officers so as to improve surveillance over the interstate criminals that are history-sheeters and are involved in heinous offences,” said a senior police officer.
The meeting also stressed upon that exchange of information at senior levels in sensitive matters and it was proposed that the officers should be updated with the records of the crime before hand to make the operation successful.
Stricter actions against Heavy Traffic Vehicles (HTVs) for violating the traffic rules are on the cards as the meeting also proposed to go strict on these vehicles for violating rules especially for using pressure horns, installation of RUPD and front and back light of proper specifications.
Apart from actions against traffic vehicles, use of ZIPNET and UIDB will seemingly increase as the meeting emphasised that all stakeholders will update the details of missing and found persons for better linking the records among police forces of all States.
Meanwhile, in the meeting it was decided that police presence and intensive checking of people and luggage, boarding and deboarding at railway stations, airport and interstate bus terminals and taxi stands will be ensured and terror related intelligence and inputs shall be shared amongst senior officers. Reportedly, emphasis will also be given to tenant verification, PG accommodations, and sensitisation of cyber café owners in order to strengthen the counter terrorism measures.
Frequency of meetings between deputy commissioners of police and SHOs will take place in regular interval to meet the need of the respective district in terms of policing.