Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday said that in this age of technology police could attain new heights by the use of technology in the field of investigation and Jharkhand has been taking positive steps in this regard.
CM, while attending the concluding ceremony of Jharkhand State Police Duty Meet at JAP-I ground in Ranchi also formally launched the 'Shakti' Mobile App meant for women safety and inaugurated Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS).
"It is really appreciable that the Jharkhand State CID developed the Shakti App free of cost. Delhi Police had to spent Rs 40 lakh for developing a similar application," said Das.
'Shakti' is an Android based mobile application though which, women in any emergency situation could immediately alert the city control room or any of her relatives seeking help from them just be tapping on her mobile screen, he said.
Speaking on the formation of ATS in the State, the CM said that arrests of suspected terrorists and busting of sleeper cells itself explain that the terrorist outfits are trying to spread their tentacles across the state. "To deal with such situation and to check terrorist activities in the State, ATS has been formed," said the CM.
Special banner, logo and uniform have been identified for the ATS, having its headquarters in the premises of Special Task Force (STF) in Dhurwa.
Currently, the squad consists of one Inspector and 38 police constables. The squad will function under a SP rank officer with the support of six DSPs, 11 Inspectors along with staffs like legal advisors, hardware engineers, database administrators as well as mobile communication and cyber traffic experts.
The CM formally inaugurated the ATS on-line through SMS by touching its logo at JAP-I Ground while Shakti App was also launched on-line. Shakti Application initially has been launched in Jamshedpur on trial basis covering some of the selected police stations like Bishtupur, Sonari, Sakchi, Kadma, Sidgora, Sitaramdera and Golmuri police stations.
Considering the need of training among the executives as well as the police officials, CM also stressed on conducting training programmes throughout the year for them in the coming days.
"How to improve relationship between the police and public is also a topic which really needs to be discussed at large," said Das. Stressing on doing things professionally, the CM said that investigation should also be done professionally so that positive results could be obtained in time.
Showing solidarity towards the family members of the martyr's of the State police personnel, the Chief Minister said that his Government is always with the families whose near and dear ones have sacrificed their lives while serving the state or the nation.
A total of seven teams took part in Police Duty Meet out of which Crime Investigation Department (CID) for the second time bagged overall state championship while Kolhan Division remained runner up in this section.