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Mysore gets special juvenile police unit

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Traditional: Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) V.S. D’Souza inaugurating the special juvenile police unit in Mysore on Wednesday. Superintendent of Police Rama Subba and Deputy Commissioner of Police S.D. Jawaharlal are seen.

MYSORE: Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) V.S. D’Souza inaugurated the special juvenile police unit (SJPU) here on Wednesday.

It was established jointly by the Department of Police, Mysore, and Empowerment of Children and Human Rights Organisation - Centre for Juvenile Justice, Bangalore, in collaboration with People’s Legal Forum.

Rama Subba, Superintendent of Police; S.D. Jawaharlal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic); N.R. Vijaya, Deputy Director of the Department of Women and Child Welfare; Antony Sebastian, member, Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Bangalore, and executive director, ECHO, Bangalore; R. Nagaraju, chairperson, CWC, Mysore; and N. Narayana, member, JJB, Mysore, were present. The unit will function as a special police station and attend to the cases of juvenile offenders. The common offences committed by juveniles include pickpocket, theft of cellphones and water meters and other petty crimes. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. D’Souza felt that the people here should cooperate with the authorities to realise the objective of establishing the unit – rehabilitation of juvenile offenders. He said the unit would be housed at Lashkar Police Station in Nehru Circle here. The entire district would come under its ambit. According to the police, legal procedures in dealing with juvenile offenders were explained to the officers deputed to the police station during training conducted for them by non-governmental organisations.

ECHO Executive Director Antony Sebastian spoke about the plans of launching a helpline in the unit to address the problems of children in distress.

Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, provided for non-governmental organisations to be partners with specially trained police to work in the unit which would offer specialised services to children in conflict with the law and offer them care and protection.

This is the third juvenile police unit to be established in the State.

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