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Ensure crime-free nights, police personnel told

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Need for keeping a close watch on cyber cafes highlighted

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TAKING STOCK: City Police Commissioner C.K. Gandhirajan at the monthly crime review meeting. —

Coimbatore: City Police Commissioner C.K. Gandhirajan on Friday exhorted the police personnel to intensify night patrols and work towards the mission of ensuring crime-free nights in Coimbatore city.

The meeting was attended by the Deputy Commissioners of Police, M. Vijayalakshmi (Crime), S. Rajendiran (Law and Order), D. Krishnamoorthi (Headquarters), Assistant Commissioners of Police and Inspectors.

Speaking at the monthly review meeting for crime prevention and detection, Mr. Gandhirajan said that every day crime prevention night rounds should be supervised by an officer in the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Mr. Gandhirajan started the meeting through power-point presentation wherein the details of criminal cases reported, detected, recovered, pending cases, petitions relating to disputes and law and order maintenance were classified for every police station and sub-division. He exhorted the police officials to ensure that all pending warrants were executed within a week and accused produced before the courts so as to ensure speedy judicial process.

He instructed strengthening of check-posts with sub-inspectors and for conducting vehicle checks and lodge checks across the city on a sustained basis to curb movement of criminals and their activities.

The Commissioner also had a presentation with the help of the Cyber Society experts on cyber crimes. He said that with increasing offences on mobile phones, e-mails and Internet, there was a pertinent need to equip the force with the investigation skills to tackle it.

He said that miscreants were getting into certain websites and putting up pictures of women portraying them on a bad light. He also highlighted the need for keeping a close watch on cyber cafes as these places were being misused by college students for viewing pornographic films and for issuing threat e-mails.

Rewards

In the morning at the weekly parade of the City Police at the Armed Reserve Grounds, Mr. Gandhirajan presented meritorious service entry and cash rewards to police personnel. Eleven inspectors and 17 sub-inspectors were given Meritorious Service Entries.

While one inspector, 192 head constables, 49 grade I constables, 40 constables and 10 constables were given a cash reward of Rs. 33,700. Those rewarded included the police personnel who nabbed two women who waylaid a woman at Sai Baba Colony recently.

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