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Kolkata Police performing their duty diligently: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lauded the Kolkata Police for their “good performance” saying the force was carrying out their duties quite diligently.

Mamata Banerjee, also the Police Minister, was speaking at the Investiture Ceremony of the Kolkata Police held at the Netaji Indoor Stadium this evening.

She said earlier the forces’ job was limited to arresting, which nowadays has expanded beyond many things starting from managing crowds during the Durga Pujas to being present at sporting events and entertainment programmes, besides looking after regular law and order of the city.

“With changing time and lifestyle, crime has also changed its character adding to the duties of the police personnel. They are doing a very good job and we must give them their proper recognition,” she said.

WB CM inaugurated the new Santiniketan Police Station in Birbhum district at the programme and said in the last four years of her government in the state, 91 new police stations have been set up out of which 21 came up in the Kolkata Police limits.

“We have set up 30 women police stations and ten more have been sanctioned today… So there will be 40 women police stations. We have set up eight coastal police stations and five police stations for cyber crime. We have also set up 88 fast track courts, including 45 courts for women and 19 human rights court,” the Chief Minister said.

Child-friendly Police Stations being set up in Bengal

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After setting up Women Police Stations across the State, the West Bengal Government is setting another example by forming Child-friendly Police Stations.

As a start-up, some police stations in Kolkata and different districts of the State have been identified. A meeting was held in this regard with the UNICEF officials at Nabanna.  Nine police stations in Kolkata and 29 police stations across the State have been shortlisted initially.

Such police stations will help the children to file their complaints in a friendlier atmosphere. Also, children, who have committed offences, will be dealt according to their age.

The Police Department is framing a guideline for the Child-friendly police stations and will also provide special training to the officers who will be in charge of those. It has been decided that a Child Welfare Officer will be designated in these police stations. A separate register will also be in place for the children who would lodge complaints.

It has been decided that to protect minor girls who have been subjected to sexual assaults, only women officers will speak to the victims. Audio-visual recordings of the complainant’s verbatim accounts will be preserved. In case of juvenile offenders, the identity of the offenders will be kept undisclosed and Juvenile Justice Board will be the first body to be approached in these cases.

Besides administrative measures, infrastructure will be put in place like proper sitting area for children, basic amenities like drinking water, proper toilets. Also, the Child-friendly police stations will organize community programmes to create awareness regarding child security.