Rajasthan’s Kalu Police Station is ‘SMART’est in India!
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Jaipur, Jun 28: Police force is one of the most vital forces in India. Every little incident was monitored by these brave hearts. But unfortunately in India, for many decades, Police forces suffered the negligence. But now, taking significant initiatives for police forces, Indian government introduces the various scheme.
Now, Police forces are also performing splendidly. The Kalu Police Station in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district came 1st in the country in a survey based on the ‘SMART’ policing concept by the Home Ministry.
The Kalu station was ranked country’s best police station based on its performance in crime prevention, investigation and disposal of cases, crime detection, community policing and maintenance of law and order. Kalu station also has recreational facilities for police personnel and a helpdesk for women besides being equipped with wi-fi servers.
Under this ‘SMART’ survey, 14 police stations were placed in the A++ category, 12 in the A+, and the remaining 11 in A category as per the SMART policing concept norms.
This ‘SMART’ policing concept was introduced by PM Modi while addressing the 49th annual conference of Directors-General and Inspectors-General of Police in Guwahati in 2014. This ‘SMART’ connotes strict and sensitive, modern and mobile, alert and accountable, reliable and responsive, techno-savvy and trained.
Under this survey, stations across the country measured on a number of parameters like performance in controlling crime, the infrastructure of the police building, mess and optimal use of technology, and citizen feedback.
The other vital parameters included approachability and discipline of the police personnel, storage of manual records in the police station as well as the station head officer’s (SHO’s) declaration of the budgetary process.
The survey was carried out for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) by the Quality Council of India (QCI), which assessed 87 shortlisted police stations across the country on a number of parameters like performance in controlling crime, the infrastructure, mess and optimal use of technology and citizen feedback among others.
Approachability and discipline of the police personnel, storage of manual records in the police station as well as the station head officer’s (SHO’s) declaration of the budgetary process were among other vital aspects included under the survey.