Coimbatore: The Coimbatore City Police have detected 939 cases out of the 1,103 property-related offences reported during 2006.

The City Police Commissioner, C.K. Gandhi Rajan in a release pointed out that of the detected cases, 254 had ended in conviction while 661 were pending trial.

Of the 85 per cent cases detected, recovery was 76 per cent. Over Rs 1.55 crores worth of properties (of the Rs 2.03 crore worth of property stolen) had been recovered and handed over to the courts.

Murders

Elaborating on the performance of the City Police during 2006, Mr.Gandhi Rajan said that of the 37 murders and attempt to murder cases, 36 had been unravelled.

A total of 1,306 motor vehicle accident cases reported in 2006. Of them 238 were fatal. Offenders have been convicted in 506 cases, while trial was pending in 610 before various courts.

In 2006, as many as 3,12,078 cases were registered for offences such as drunken driving, driving without licence and dazzling headlights and Rs 3.19 crore was realised as fine.

During the year eight persons were detained under Goonda Act, one under the National Security Act and six under the Act for the Prevention of Smuggling of Essential Commodities.

Regarding the future plans of the City Police for 2007, City Police Commissioner, C.K. Gandhi Rajan said that the ultimate objective would be to make 2007 into an accident-free and crime-free year.

Towards this objective, visible policing was being ensured on the road safety and crime front.

Visible policing was being ensured at almost all traffic junctions by deploying officers in adequate numbers with a view to enforcing the road rules besides regulating traffic at peak hours.

These officers have been asked to display "zero tolerance" towards violation of road-rules and book the offenders for ensuring a semblance of discipline on the roads.

In addition to the already existing 36-traffic signals, 25 more signals are being installed at pockets identified as congested.

On the crime front, an anti-chain snatching squad had been formed with 64 personnel on 32 motorcycles patrolling the city roads at evenings and small hours to protect women from becoming vulnerable to chain snatchers.

Patrolling

The patrolling was being done in pockets based on the crime history. In addition, a team of 60 crime stoppers on 30 motorcycles have been pressed into service to patrol the city roads especially the remote pockets from dawn to dusk to prevent incidents of property related offences.

These teams were in addition to pickets and patrol vehicles already on the roads. The city police are also embarking on a crime and criminal mapping to identify vulnerable pockets based on previous incidents, ex-convicts and their modus operandi, the crime dossier would help the police in planning the crime prevention drives, Mr.Gandhi Rajan said.

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