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INITIATIVES TAKEN BY MUMBAI POLICE IN THE YEAR 2004
VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKING:
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Mumbai Police have setup its
own Virtual Private Network. All Police Stations, ACsP, DCsP,
Addl. CsP, Jt.CsP and CP offices are connected with the remote database
and application
server |
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E-mail, internet facilities available. |
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The browser based Crime
Criminal Information System Software for recording and
investigating the cognizable cases has been develop to
facilitate the investigating officers.
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Daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly and other reports are being sent online. |
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In the next phase, we plan to
have facility of collection and analysis of finger-prints
online. |
MUMBAI CYBER LAB
Aims to provide:
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Training |
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Spread
awareness about Cyber crime and related issues. |
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To interact
with the corporate, financial & educational institutions
by organizing discussions & workshops on Cyber safety,
Cyber crime & Cyber laws |
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community and students (In short anyone who uses computers)
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Worli Police Station,
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Worli, Mumbai - 18
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CYBER SAFETY WEEK
The second Annual Cyber Safety Week was held from 18th –28th
August, 2004 for spreading Cyber awareness. The Mumbai Police
and NASSCOM, supported by other industry association
organized this week. The focus was to educate users about
the risk and hazards of using the net and various security
aspects.
MUMBAI POLICE
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP
ZOPADPATTI POLICE PANCHAYAT
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Mumbai city
has a large slum population comprising of almost 60% of the
total population. |
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Slums have
their own peculiar problems of policing; including crime,
criminals, public order and security related
issues. Because of the nature of the unplanned growth of the
slum areas, they cannot be easily patrolled by
police vehicles and thus many areas are quite inaccessible. |
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Conscious
about the fact that it is not possible to allocate
proportionate police resources in terms of manpower,
financial and non-financial, it has been decided to
involve the slum dwellers in policing in their own
areas. |
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Mumbai
Police have started a highly innovative scheme of
policing through community partnership in the slums of
Mumbai. |
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Zopadpatti
Police Panchayat has been carefully conceived to
strengthen and streamline policing in the slum areas of
Mumbai. This is implemented in the true spirit of
community policing.
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POLICE PANCHAYAT
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THE SCHEME
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A team of
one officer and some men are selected for each identified
slum area as their Beat. |
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For each
slum area, a committee of 10 representatives of the slum
dwellers, comprising of 7 women and 3 men is constituted. |
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This
committee of representatives of slum dwellers and
selected police team are jointly responsible for policing
in a particular slum. |
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The
committee holds meeting at least once in a week to
discuss and solve local policing related problems of the
slums with a
view to prevent small incidents ending in cognizable
crime. |
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Representatives of slum dwellers are designated as
“Zopadpatti Police Sahayak” & they assist the police in
keeping a watch in their respective areas. |
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It has been
consciously decided to have 7 women amongst 10 members
of the Panchayat, in recognition of the fact that women
are disproportionately higher as victims of crime and
even face the problems of domestic violence. |
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The members
of the ‘Panchayat’ are given Photo Identity Card by the
Police. |
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The
community makes one room available in each slum
which serves as the office of 'Police Panchayat’. |
THE CONCEPT
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The ‘Slum
Police Panchayat’ works on the principle of dispute
resolution at the local level. |
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These
crimes can be prevented and greater harmony can be established
by these ‘Panchayats’ through dispute revolution. |
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The slum
inhabitants can bring dispute to ‘Police Panchayat’
which is open every day and under the auspices of the
local police. |
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They
help to prevent disputes escalating into violence. |
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This
saves police time and allows them to concentrate on
other important things, since large part of police time
is spent responding to minor disputes and quarrels and
preparing official documents about these. |
FEATURES
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The
volunteers are clear that they do not have police powers
and that their dispute resolution is done as a
committee, with details of all cases discussed and carefully
recorded. |
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In some
slums, the police volunteers have brought pressure
on local people, who are illegally brewing and selling
alcohol to close down. It has reduced drunkenness
and subsequent violence. |
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The local
‘Mahila Milan’ have also supported the people who
previously made illegal alcohol to develop new
livelihoods. |
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One of the
key characteristics of these ‘Police Panchayats’ is that
they can be implemented on a very large scale without
requiring additional resources from the government. |
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They first
started because the Police Commissioner promoted the
idea, but they are sustained in each locality because
they meet the needs of the police as they get free
helpers, a safe location within each slum from which
they
work and a system that resolves many small disputes. |
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The scheme
was launched in Mumbai on 11th June 2004 with 15 slums
by the Chief Minister and Home Minister of the State. |
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The scheme is being run
in Mumbai in close partnership with NGOs like National Slum
Dwellers Federation and Mahila Milan
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The scheme
now covers 115 slums. |
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The
panchayats is focusing on Law and Order related issues with the
inclusion of some young persons in the existing
committee.
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Zopadpatti Police Panchayat |
MINORITIES
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Earlier
contacts were restricted in reaction to the events |
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Contacts
were usually for special reason and purpose related to
incidents |
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Now
institutionalized initiative |
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Regular
meetings irrespective of any specific incident |
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Zonal level
and CP level meetings |
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Wide-based
interactions |
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Involving
all communities at central level to celebrate festivals |
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