In a monthly review meeting, Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal on Thursday directed Delhi Police to maximise use of technology and focus on separation of investigation from law and order.
“A detailed presentation was made by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) covering various crime heads and it was submitted that there has been a decrease in the heinous crimes committed in Delhi till June 9by about 10 percent as compared to the previous year. Also, the percentage of solved cases has increased,” said Anil Mittal, Additional Public Relation Officer (APRO), Delhi Police.
Delhi Police has also identified areas which are more vulnerable to robberies and snatching. The LG directed that similar exercise may be carried out for other crimes and ways and means is devised to effectively control them.
Delhi Police officials also informed the LG they have 36,354 registered senior citizens with them and about 2.26 lakhs visits have been made by the police which has resulted in decline in heinous crimes against senior citizens by around 22 percent till 31st May, 2019.
“Involvement of juveniles in various types of crimes has been a cause of concern and Delhi Police by means of “YUVA” programme for skill development for youth has succeeded in providing training to more than 7,000 youths and helped about 5,000 of them in gaining employment leading to effective prevention in crime. Yuva programme has been effective in weaning juveniles away from crime” Delhi Police informed the LG.
“To have crackdown on criminals, a number of measures are undertaken by Delhi Police like identification of active criminals, putting them under surveillance, updating of their dossiers and history sheets, tracing of absent Bad Characters, arrest of Proclaimed Offenders and monitoring of activities of jail releases,” said APRO.
Delhi Police further informed that their conviction rate is one of the highest among all other States and efforts are underway to increase it further by use of technology and separation of investigation.
LG appreciated Delhi Police for smooth conduct of General Elections - 2019 and desired that the best practices be put down as a Standard Operating Procedure both in print and digital form so that it is readily available for further analysis and improvement.