Pune police commissioner, Amitabh Gupta has mentioned that although the town of Pune with greater than 1000 sq. kms space is greater than Mumbai it and at the moment has a police pressure of round 8000 policemen. As in contrast Mumbai has 48,000 policemen, six instances the variety of Pune.
In a dialog with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now, in the course of the webcast of Visionary Talk sequence organized by the general public coverage and governance evaluation platform ,Gupta mentioned as in comparison with Mumbai, Pune doesn’t have many VIP’s and due to this fact VIP duties for policemen are much less.
“Pune Police manages larger area with less force than Mumbai. Criminal and street crimes are in control. As compared to police stations police chowkies in Pune are very popular. Pune has a vibrant night life but our basic problem is traffic and noise pollution” he mentioned.
While talking on cybercrime, Gupta mentioned, “There were 90,000applications in cyber police stations regarding cybercrime. It shows the magnitude of problems to be dealt with in the time to come. Most complaints will not be converted to FIR as they are related to OTP and other such issues.”
He added that every one police station have a cyber cell with helplines.
On monetary crimes in Pune he mentioned, like cybercrime, EOW too has been structured with SOP’s. A guide has been put in place for setting in a system together with required trainings. He added that trainings have been additionally given in superior know-how.
As an instance, the Pune prime cop additionally talked about about multi crore crypro forex bitcoin case that came about within the metropolis and mentioned whereas it was tough to hint, Pune police was capable of hyperlink the supply, and hint the motion of bitcoin amongst numerous folks concerned within the crime.
While responding to a query on how Pune police is creating safe IT infrastructure to cope with such crimes he mentioned Pune being IT hub has many IT specialists. “But the crux of the matter is that we are are focusing on using simple technology that will be easily understood by the police force as well as the people.”
On utilizing social media platforms for higher policing, Gupta mentioned usually they don’t register grievance via social media but when a grievance on social media involves their discover….. the Pune police has a grievance registration no. 112. He added that the Pune police makes use of social media to work together with folks, handle their issues and educate them.
While talking on the challenges confronted by Pune Police throughout Covid -19, Gupta mentioned that pandemic hit police very badly as many died and nearly 1000 policemen received contaminated. He mentioned many criminals have been in jails, however as jails needed to be decongested to manage the unfold of an infection, many criminals have been let off on furlough or parole.
Next, he mentioned that as jobs have been misplaced and attributable to unemployment, there was spurt in crime within the metropolis. “A data base was created and crime and criminals were controlled in a systematic manner. There are 86 cases under MCOC Act where 900 people belonging to different gangs have been arrested. In the last one and half year 75 persons have been arrested under MPDA, 1981” he mentioned.
On being requested how Pune police strikes a chord of belief with the folks Gupta emphasised on open communication for rising belief between the police and other people via formal and casual social occasions and engagements like rallies and numerous committees together with Mohalla committees.
Speaking on adoption of finest practices between the police and regulation enforcement companies he mentioned finest practices must be shared with one another and if appropriate, must be adopted. He cited the instance of practices like ladies marshal’s, totally different squads and so on in police pressure and mentioned if discovered appropriate and assembly their wants such finest practices are adopted taken ahead and even upgraded.
On police modernization and if PPP mannequin can in implementing the identical he mentioned the police has already initiated modernization and likewise utilizing know-how which now’s accessible very low cost and likewise require much less police males.
“Normally police hierarchy is very reluctant to go for PPT model and can be brough in as per situation like the home guards and traffic wardens. Policemen are normally touchy about fixed assets like land etc, and as such do not like PPT model” he mentioned.
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