Police officers should have thorough professional knowledge about different kinds of crimes and they should be proficient in solving them, expressed Additional Director General (Naxal Operatiosn) RK Vij while addressing a State-level workshop ‘Smart Skill in Policing’ held here on Saturday.
“Nowadays crime happening at any place can affect entire nation, so a cop should have professional knowledge about different kind of crime and should also be able to solve them,” the ADG said. He was of view that Police has the boon to help any person in pain or trouble and policing should be done keeping this fact in mind.
Inspector General of Police Durg, Pradeep Gupta in his address informed about different kind of problems faced by any officer while investigating any case. He also briefed over ways to deal with them. “Cyber crime has ended the definition of boundary. Considering the revolution in information and technology, police should change its way of working,” IG Gupta said.
Senior Psychologist Dr Pramod Gupta in his lecture said that any police officer or cop who works in police station should use his full capacity and maintain secrecy while investigating cases. Keeping emotions under control and concentrating during stressful hours of working could increase working capacity, he said.
Director Prosecution MM Deshpandey detailed about different kinds of amendments made in various Sections of Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and Indian Penal Code (IPC). He also spoke over way to effectively present a case in court. Police personnel were also informed about various kinds of fraud being committed by ATM cards and ways to save them.
In the workshop, over 300 gazetted/non-gazetted police officers, trainees Indian Police Service (IPS) officers along with others participated.