Setting up a tourist police cell and a women’s band, effective use of Aadhaar cards, maintaining a data bank of all Government employees, setting up Police Training College (PTC) and preparing digital version of policing with the help of professionals are some of the priority areas that the Delhi Police will be working on in the near future.
Currently, there is no system of tourist place in Delhi. There are 10 PCR vans which are reportedly deployed round-the-clock in three shifts at various iconic tourist places. The PCR vans had reportedly attended 3,716 SOS calls and guided and assisted 86,624 tourists till April 15. Information regarding emergency helplines have also been displayed in 4,700 taxis operating around the IGI Airport under the “Be Aware Travel Safe” campaign. Police said the same needed to be done at all bus and railway stations.
In its action taken report to the Union Home Ministry, the Delhi Police said its traffic unit had also been utilising the services of school and college students for imparting education on traffic in the city. The report has been prepared by police in wake of a conference of the DGP’s and IG’s chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is going to complete his two years in office on Saturday.
The report said the police force would not only be broadening the scope of joint exercises with the neighbouring States but would also be holding State level conferences in which their Chief Minister’s , Home Minister’s and Home Secretaries could also participate.
The report said a proposal for creation of the tourist police cell with adequate staff and proper soft skills was being prepared and the same would be submitted for consideration of the competent authority. The cell is likely to have a pan-India similarity in uniform.
On the concept of the smart police propounded by the PM, the Delhi Police said the same was being implemented in letter and spirit. “However, for a focused future planning, a committee has been formed, which has been tasked to set targets and timelines and a vision document for Delhi 2025.”
On policing parameters for grading police stations, the report said the system prevalent in the Rajasthan police was being studied for feasibility and implementation in the city. “The city police has an in-house appraisal system through which three best police stations are selected every year. For the future, it is felt desirable to have a web-based survey/ feedback by which citizen ratings will also have a bearing on the grading.”
The report said the Delhi Police was perhaps the only State police other than Karnataka to have its own cyber highway which provides connectivity to all the police stations. It said the police force was now examining how to be able to use Aadhaar database for police functioning.
Though the Delhi police said it was having a robust instutionalised mechanism for interaction with NGOs working in the area of women safety, child and juvenile issues, it said it was exploring the possibility of executing the student police cadet project. The report said the police force was also in the process of making all recruitments online through the SSC so that people from remote parts of the country could also get recruited.
On ensuring appearance of police officers in courts for quick disposal of cases, police said a software was being developed for monitoring all court cases and appearances of witnesses.