To make the Delhi University campus safer, especially for women, the police plans to undertake a host of initiatives that would include seeking ideas from students about better policing and creating awareness about cyber crimes, officials said on Thursday.
To build a better rapport, the Delhi Police also plans to hold discussions on student politics in the campus to help avoid untoward incidents, they said.
A senior officer said they want to give out a message that the police and students will work together for a safer and more promising universitycampus.
As the DU reopened after a long Covid-induced hiatus, the north district of the force, under its University Intervention Programme “ADVIK”, organised a pink cycle rally comprising 50 participants, including women officers along with female students.
The Maurice Nagar police station under which the North Campus falls, will be better sensitised about women safety. Since the university has reopened after the third wave, the police will also be focusing on Covid-appropriate behaviour, besides prevention of crime, officials said.
In the coming days, the police along with university officials and student bodies, will be organizing rural sports games.
“We want to give them (students) a correct perspective, a good role model of what policing and citizens are all about..,” officials said.
The games would include tug of war, arm wresting and volleyball where the students will compete with Delhi Police teams and this will help build a better student-police relationship, officials said, adding they would also try to add other sports like weightlifting soon.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said the aim is to connect with the students for better police-students camaraderieand also seeking ideas from them for better policing so as to have a more peaceful and friendly neighbourhood.
“This is part of the new community and preventive policing technique,”he said.
As a step towards police-students camaraderie, the police will also organise career counselling sessions to help and guide students in making better choices along with other extra-curricular activities,the senior official said.
“As the Delhi University has reopened, the north district has started “Advik”, a university intervention programme where the police will pro-actively engage with the varsity at various levels by organising awareness programmes focusing on women safety, anti-ragging, street crimes, cyber crimes and general civil discipline,” he said.