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Mobile outposts to take police closer to people
Thanks to a unique initiative by Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal, PCR vehicles - which have so far been used as emergency vehicles to reach trouble spots and chase traffic violators - are to become mobile police outposts.
- IANS
- Published: 00:38 April 12, 2008
New Delhi: Now Delhi residents won't have to travel all the way to a police station to make a complaint.
They can approach any of the 500 Police Control Room vans posted around the city.
Thanks to a unique initiative by Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S. Dadwal, PCR vehicles - which have so far been used as emergency vehicles to reach trouble spots and chase traffic violators - are to become mobile police outposts.
The vans would keep moving around designated areas in an effort to bring the police closer to the city's 16 million plus residents.
"It is a unique experiment, the first time in the country where PCR vehicles have been assigned an additional task of a mobile police post and a new look to help people," Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajay Kumar said.
Until now, PCR vans could be accessed only after people dialled the number 100 or on the orders of officials in the police headquarters.
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