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NEW DELHI, JAN. 31. Setting a futuristic agenda for the Delhi police, the new Police Commissioner, Krishan Kant Paul, said the force will have to move forward keeping 2010 in view. While declaring that "citizens' first" would be the motto of the police, he said the thrust areas would be improving the lot of the personnel, pro-active policing focussed on prevention besides technological upgradation. Addressing mediapersons after taking over as the 14th Police Commissioner of Delhi, Mr. Paul said the police would have to anticipate the challenges of the future as it cannot afford to lag behind. "We will have to be one step ahead of the problem," he said. One of the focus areas will be the police-public interface, apart from taking steps to prevent crime against women, maintaining law and order and controlling corruption, he said. "There has been a feeling that community policing has become a cliché. But, the concept is very much relevant. It is just that it has not been implemented in its totality. Community policing has to be the order of the day for future policing," said Mr. Paul, adding that these initiatives will have to be area and problem specific. The new Police Commissioner said the activities of the personnel would be monitored by senior officers. Also, people would be free to complain, inform and also make suggestions through fax, e-mail, telephone and complaint boxes. "I will also advertise my e-mail address - kkpaul@nic.in - for people to forward their grievances," Mr. Paul announced. Apart from hearing out the complaints it was also necessary that the aggrieved party was informed about the progress made on the compliant and it should be the responsibility of the police, he added. These responses should be made in a time-bound manner and, more importantly, proper registration should be ensured. There would be a concerted effort to improve the housing facilities for the personnel. Mr. Paul said a policeman not having a place for himself and his family was least likely to serve the people with full devotion. In the field of investigation, the police will be scientifically inclined in so far as evidence collection was concerned. The number of mobile crime investigations teams would be increased. "Scientific evidence will always be more credible and that has to be the future in investigation," he explained. Earlier, in a wireless communication to his men and officers, Mr. Paul warned them that three things -- corruption, abrasiveness and brutal behaviour - should never figure in their scheme of things. Mr. Paul asked them to be tough on the criminals but be patient, understanding and courteous to the complainants. The Commissioner later told mediapersons that Closed Circuit Television cameras would be installed in the police stations for monitoring the behaviour of policemen. He said there was a need to devise a monitoring mechanism at the senior level. A two-pronged strategy for improvement in traffic in the Capital has been envisaged. "First priority would be to give people relief from traffic congestion and ensure that people follow traffic rules. In the long term, engineering solutions will have to be introduced," said Mr. Paul, adding that technology would be used as a force multiplier. The Commissioner had a significant request for media. "Judge us not by the numbers but by the quality of service provided and the level of comfort experienced by the law abiding citizens in dealing with the police," he said.
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