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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Delhi Police to hire additional 2,508 police women -Vishwa Mohan

Delhi Police to hire additional 2,508 police women -Vishwa Mohan

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published Published on Jan 5, 2013   modified Modified on Jan 5, 2013
-The Times of India

After asking the Delhi Police to make women cops available at all the 180 police stations in the national capital, the Centre on Friday moved to recruit an additional 2,508 women police personnel for the city and asked all the states to replicate this model by increasing the number of women in police forces to 33% of their total strength.

The Centre also asked all the states and union territories (UTs) to suspend police personnel if s/he fails to register a complaint, reminding them that "not registering any complaint is violation of law".

The move to get additional women cops will increase the strength of the female police personnel in the Capital to 7,688, making it possible for the Delhi Police to post minimum two female sub-inspectors and 10 constables in all the police stations.

"We have sent a proposal for recruitment of 2,508 women police personnel (2,090 constables and 418 constables) to the finance ministry for clearance," said Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde, adding the step would increase footprints of women personnel at all the police stations in the capital.

He said states had also been asked to increase the strength of women. He was speaking after the day-long meeting of director generals of police (DGPs) and chief secretaries, and who expressed their eagerness to implement the new policy in time-bound manner.

The meeting was called to discuss measures that can be taken to prevent crime against women in the country in the backdrop of the December 16 gang-rape incident in the Capital. Noting that women comprised just 3.98% of the country's total police forces, Union home secretary R K Singh said, "If there is women police, women complainants will feel more secure, comfortable in visiting a police station. We think 33% of civil police should be women."

Addressing the top cops and chief secretaries of states, Singh said, "We have suggested to the Delhi Police to increase the number of women personnel and we suggest you all to do the needful to achieve this target." Stating that an atmosphere should be created where women and weaker sections of the society can lodge a complaint without facing difficulty, he said in cases like molestation, the very thought of going through the ordeal to brief the policemen about the incident dissuade many to go to a police station and that has to be changed.

"It is high time, as a country we have to woke up. Our inability to protect women and weaker sections of the society is a huge, huge problem," he said.

He said every police officer should be responsible, responsive and there should be change of attitude of police and policing. "Investigation has to be sensitive. There should not be any hesitation in suspending any policeman who refuses to register a complaint. That is in law. Not registering any complaint is violation of law," he said.

Singh said people face ordeal in every step. "That has to be changed. For the weaker sections, women or the poor, visiting a police station is an ordeal. To know the status of any compliant, without taking the local MLA along, it is impossible," he said.

The home secretary said the government has taken some steps, but that was not enough as there should be change in attitude. "We have to educate people to respect women, SCs, STs. We have to address the problem through social messaging, curriculum, through education.

"Beginning has to be made. We have to build infrastructure for women's safety. We have to ensure dignity of life," he said. Emphasizing that investigation of any case has to be completed in three months under the CrPC, Singh added, "Justice delayed is justice denied".

The Times of India, 5 January, 2013, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Delhi-Police-to-hire-additional-2508-police-women/articleshow/17894733.cms


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