THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, DELHI
- Lt. Governor, Delhi Sh. Anil Baijal chairs meeting on General Crime Review and lessons learnt from Lok Sabha Elections – 2019.
- Maximize use of technology and focus on separation of investigation from law and order: LG
- Best Practices learnt from Lok Sabha Elections- 2019 to be put down as an SOP for further analysis and improvement : LG to Delhi Police
Lt. Governor, Delhi Sh. Anil Baijal today chaired a meeting on General Crime and lessons learnt from Lok Sabha Elections – 2019. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Delhi; Addl. Chief Secretary (Home); Commissioner of Police, Delhi; Commissioner (Transport), GNCTD; Spl. CPs and Jt. CPs of Delhi Police.
General Crime Review
A detailed presentation was made by Spl. CP (Crime) covering various crime heads and it was submitted that there has been a decrease in the heinous crimes committed in Delhi till 09th June, 2019 by about 10% as compared to the previous year. Also, the percentage of solved cases w.r.t. heinous crimes in corresponding period has increased.
Delhi Police has also identified areas which are more vulnerable to robberies and snatching. Hon’ble LG directed that similar exercise may be carried out for other crimes and ways and means be devised to effectively control them.
Delhi Police also informed that they have 36,354 registered senior citizens with them and about 2.26 lakhs visits have been made by the police personnel which has resulted in decline in heinous crimes against senior citizens by around 22% till 31st May, 2019.
Involvement of juveniles in various types of crimes has been a cause of concern and Delhi Police by means of “YUVA” programme for skill development for youth has succeeded in providing training to more than 7,000 youths and helped about 5,000 of them in gaining employment leading to effective prevention in crime. Yuva programme has been effective in weaning juveniles away from crime.
It was informed that to have crackdown on criminals, a number of measures are undertaken by Delhi Police like identification of active criminals, putting them under surveillance, updation of their dossiers and history sheets, tracing of absent Bad Characters, arrest of Proclaimed Offenders and monitoring of activities of jail releases.
Delhi Police further informed that conviction rate of Delhi Police is one of the highest among all other states of India and efforts are underway to increase it further by use of technology and separation of investigation from general law & order duties.
Hon’ble LG directed Delhi Police to maximize use of technology and focus on separation of investigation from law and order. He also instructed to explore the possibilities of increasing enrolment of senior citizens so that maximum senior citizens can be kept a check upon for their safety. Hon’ble LG also advised that activities of jail releases be not only monitored but also shared with jail authorities.
Lok Sabha Elections – 2019
A presentation with regard to lessons learnt & suggestions for further improvement in conduct of elections was also made which covered, in detail, the preparatory phase, nomination & campaigning plan, election day/counting day uptil victory processions. It was informed that advance assessment and planning contributed to smooth conduct of the entire election process of Lok Sabha – 2019. The entire process was carried out in active consultation and coordination with Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi, Chief Secretary, Delhi, Home Department and Excise Department, GNCTD.
Interstate coordination with neighbouring states resulted in effective control of anti-social activities and recovery of huge quantity of illegal arms/liquor/drugs. Also, strengthening of intelligence was undertaken by engaging field level intelligence, media including social media and other sister agencies.
Hon’ble LG appreciated Delhi Police for smooth conduct of General Elections – 2019 and desired that the best practices be put down as a Standard Operating Procedure both in print and digital form so that it is readily available for further analysis and improvement.