It is ‘Get, Set, Go’ time for Ranchi Police in considering the alarming crime incidents on women and children in the state capital. Ranchi Police has decided to make aware its officials and educational institutions on gender sensitization from this month.
The awareness programmes would be organized in joint collaboration of NGOs and local police officers. As of now, Ranchi Police is planning on out how to carry out this brain storming session.
“Recently a preliminary meeting with the stakeholders including UNICEF, Plan India and XISS was held so that we could work on the road map of this gender sensitisation programme which would initially begin from Ranchi schools and colleges. later it would be followed to other districts within the Ranchi Police Zone.
Our main objective is to know what does the public expects from us so that we can focus on our further course of action over this issue,” Ranchi Zone Inspector General MS Bhatia told The Pioneer. Officers including Deputy Superintendent of Police, Sub Inspectors and other rank holders would be accompanying the stakeholders at every educational hub during this awareness campaign.
On the other hand, UNICEF Jharkhand Child Protection Officer Prity Srivastava informed that, “A State level workshop on the theme ‘Protection of Women and Children from Violence and Sexual Exploitation’ is scheduled on May 11 wherein Police officers including DGP, IG, DIG, SSP and SP’s of all the districts would participate. Advisor to Governor K Vijay Kumar would also be joining.
They would be explained about the Indian legislative provision concerning child protection along with role of police during violence. State Education Department, Social Welfare and Department of Home Affairs are among the noted participants.”