Noida Nearly seven months after launching the beat policing in Bisrakh police station limits as a pilot project, the Gautam Budh Nagar police on Saturday started the system in the entire district. The move is aimed at strengthening police and people interactions and controlling crime.
Besides, police personnel have also been equipped with tablets and smartphones to do people-centric works online, senior officials said.
Alok Singh, GB Nagar police commissioner, said that beat policing makes a strong local network and helps in checking crime. “The police department has also distributed 292 tablets/mobile phones to the police personnel, including beat constables. They will visit their areas and make strong network. These cops will be connected through Prahri mobile app developed by the UP Police,” he said.
“Also, senior police officials will supervise their junior colleagues. The technology-led policing will facilitate works like tenant verification, domestic help verification, character certification, etc, which will be done online,” Singh said.
The police commissioner further said that the local people can download a mobile app – UP COP – through which they can file online complaint, get information about their police station, senior citizen’s registration, cyber awareness, etc. The UP Police had launched the new — UP Cop — in June last year for better policing in the state.
“People can fill the application form online. The police will deliver the certificates online after verification,” he said. The police commissioner said that the new experiment will immensely help people in getting better services and also maintaining social distance at the same time.
In January this year, the district police had launched the beat policing in Bisrakh police station area. In beat policing, police personnel are deployed in their respective areas for a specific time period each day to meet residents in that particular area and cultivate sources and strengthen the policing network. They also meet local people, shopkeepers, and others and gather inputs. The police can act swiftly on the basis of inputs and pre-empt crime.
The Noida Police Commissioner also inaugurated a police check post in ACE City in Bisrakh.
The Uttar Pradesh government in January approved the commissionerate system of policing in Noida, which aims at giving more powers to the police.
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