NAGPUR Police is set to introduce a new policing model on the lines of Mumbai city. Police Chowkis (outposts) in different parts of the city will be activated as parallel police stations.They will not remain only as small reporting points. Each police station has three to four beats and the chowkis will function as policing centre of these beats. Police personnel will be posted at these outposts and will remain connected with people in the area. They will handle beat duties, receive complaints and take quick preventive action. This will reduce the pressure on main police stations. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Commissioner of Police (CP) Vishwas Nangre Patil said that the focus would be on visible policing, beat policing and quick response. The aim is to bring police closer to citizens and prevent crime before it happens. He said he had spent the last two months studying the city, its crime pattern and policing needs. “Beat policing has to become the backbone of policing. Police personnel must stay connected with people in their beats.We have to know the problems of every area and prevent crime before it happens,” CP said. He said police stations, Chowkis and beat officers would be given clearly defined responsibilities. Personnel would be encouraged to interact regularly with citizens and local groups. 

 

100-member beat groups THE CP said every beat officer would create a WhatsApp group of around 100 residents. Slum areas would receive special attention. Senior officers would also remain connected with people through similar groups. “We want people to feel that the police are available to them. Every police station, ACP and DCP will have public groups for suggestions and complaints.The CP-level group will also help us understand issues directly from citizens,” he said. He said chowkis would be activated and work would be segregated so that officers could spend more time on their beats instead of remaining confined to police stations.

 

 

THE CP said prevention of serious bodily offences would be a major priority. He said the police would closely monitor habitual offenders and gangs. “Murders and serious attacks must be examined from the prevention point of view. We have to ask whether the incident could have been prevented and whether there was any police action that could have stopped it,” he said. An Anti-Goonda Squad has been constituted. Officers will focus on known offenders, previous offenders, non-cognisable cases and preventive action. Daily combing operations and All-Out Operations will be conducted with the entire police force. Around 400 preventive actions have already been taken, officials said. Traffic management DCP Traffic Aditya Mirkhelkar said 30 traffic hotspots had been identified. Special drives will target wrong-side driving, travel buses and pickup vehicles. He said the city had around 50 black spots. Traffic personnel will be deployed according to the requirement at junctions and accident-prone stretches. An Integrated Traffic Management System will be implemented in phases. It will detect around 16 types of traffic violations. The traffic police also plan better signal synchronisation and division-wise deployment. A detailed 70-page deployment order has been prepared. Traffic planning onWardha Road and other major routes will also be reviewed. eople-oriented. “The police must be seen on the streets, but more importantly, people must feel that the police are with them. Beat policing, public participation and preventive action will be the foundation of our policing strategy,” Nangare-Patil said.

 

 

THE police will encourage installation of CCTV cameras at private establishments and shops. Joint CP Reddy said stronger CCTV coverage would help both prevention and investigation. Twenty smart police booths will be converted into pink booths to strengthen women’s safety. A Nirbhaya Squad will be formed. Personnel will work in plain clothes to monitor vulnerable areas and prevent harassment and crimes against women. The CP said police welfare would also receive attention. Administrative dues and welfarerelated issues would be addressed to improve the morale of the force. Total 56 four-wheelers are being provided to the police for operational requirements. 

 

EOW to probe fake minority certificate racket

 

THE Economic Offences Wing (EOW ) will conduct a preliminary inquiry into the alleged fake minority certificate racket linked to engineering college admissions. The issue came to light after admissions of around 320 students were cancelled. CP Vishwas Nangre Patil said the EOW would examine the entire matter. Students have alleged that they secured minority quota admissions by wrongly showing Hindi as their mother tongue. Their official records reportedly mention Marathi. Some school leaving certificates were allegedly tampered with. Students told police that middlemen charged Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2 lakh for arranging the certificates and admissions. They have also shared names and mobile numbers of