Thursday 19 July 2012
Wednesday 18 July 2012
‘Friends of Police should contribute positively to society’
Published: July 18, 2012 00:00 IST | Updated: July 18, 2012 05:02 IST
In an effort to bring police and
the public closer for free flow of information that would help detect crime, a
three-day training programme for police personnel and Friends of Police (FoP)
was inaugurated here on Tuesday.Conducted by ‘FOP Documentation and Multimedia
Training Centre, Chennai, about 40 police personnel and 40 FoP were trained in
the first sessions on various aspects like role and responsibilities of FOP,
passing information to the police and prevent and detect crimes and suggesting
ideas to solve local problems.Psychological training, personality enhance
training and team building training were also given to them during the
session.Speaking after inaugurating the programme, Superintendent of Police
Ashwin M. Kotnis said that the structured interaction between police and public
would help in effective information system as the inadequate police manpower at
each station could be overcome by FoP. ‘Success of the community policing
depends on individuals capacity at station level officers to build effective
network as they act without any direction from higher officials,’ he added.Mr.
Kotnis said that FoP system should not be misused and should contribute
positively to society and added that a member of FOP recently had helped the
police in detecting a major crime in Mettur.
The State currently has 4.5 lakh
FOP with over 500 FOP in the district. Regular three-day training is given to
FOP in each district every year with the State government providing Rs. 50,000
for each programme. ‘The mission is to connect people and police with
themselves at their best’, said trainers from Chennai Sneha Fernandes and
Sebastian Paulraj.
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