Sanjh Kendras ‘take off load’ from police stations

Ravi Dhaliwal

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Tribune News Service

Gurdaspur, April 8

The successful running of Sanjh Kendras (community policing centres) has taken the load off the working of police stations across the state.

“More than 43 lakh people visited Sanjh Kendras to get their work done. This means the load has been significantly taken off from police stations. Personnel posted at these police stations can now concentrate better on crime prevention and other allied activities,” said Parmod Kumar, chairman, Punjab Governance Reforms Commission.

He said the Punjab Police was also working on beefing up community policing. “Community policing is a political philosophy in which policemen are seen as members of the community. This often means having more police officers who ‘walk the beat’ as opposed to driving around in police vehicles. The basic idea is to create a bond of trust between the police and public,” he said.

Kumar, who was accompanied by Director General of Police (Community Policing) SK Sharma, DIG (Border range) AK Mittal and Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Singh Toor, inaugurated a new Sanjh Kendra near the Gurdaspur City Police Station here today.

Police officers, who attended the ceremony, said community policing promised closer alliance between the police and the community, which would help reduce citizens’ fear of crime and facilitate more effective responses to community problems.