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Crime detection not so effective: Agarwal

Making a point:Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal addressing police personnel from the Southern Range in Mysore on Wednesday.

MYSORE: As many as 600 police personnel, including constables, head constables, assistant sub-inspectors, sub-inspectors and inspectors, participated in a conference on prevention and detection of crime here on Wednesday.

The conference was organised by the Southern Police Range for personnel from the crime branch in Mysore, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Kodagu districts.

Inaugurating the conference, Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal lamented that crime detection was not so effective now.

Not all crimes could be prevented, but could be detected with a professional approach, he said.

The police should become more professional in detecting crime., he said

“People cannot go to anybody other than the police seeking help in the event of crime. There is no alternative to the force. Therefore, the police force should be professional and active,” he said.

Stressing the need for strengthening the network system for achieving breakthroughs in crime detection, he said constables should not be neglected in crime detection and investigating officers should seek information from them.

Mr. Agarwal shared details on the suggestions made by the constables from the Central Police Range. At the same time, the constables should not desist from sharing information with their superiors, he said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) Rajendra Prasad spoke about the innovative methods for crime detection.

He said that the police here had requested the prison authorities to share information on the offenders released from the prison.

Small-time offenders may be influenced by criminals serving longer sentence in the prison. There were possibilities of small-time offenders committing bigger crimes after their release from the prison, he said.

Therefore, the police should be informed about their release so that they could keep an eye on them, he said.

He said police personnel should educate people on the need to inform their neighbours, milk vendors and newspaper vendors if they are going away from the city locking their houses to prevent theft.

“Public awareness has gone up with regard to informing the police on theft cases,” he said.

Mandya Superintendent of Police Kaushalendra Kumar said that analysis of crime was essential for speedy detection.

Robbery cases

He referred to the Mandya police solving highway robbery cases in this regard. Fifteen cases of highway robbery were solved after arresting a gang which robbed passengers after picking them up from bus-stands on the pretext of providing inter-city transport services.

Inspector-General of Police (Southern Range) A.S.N. Murthy, who presided over the function, said the conference was organised to improve crime prevention and detection with good coordination and sharing of information among the police officers.

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