Mohali: Residents give feedback on performance of police
As a part of ‘Safe neighbourhood’ campaign, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav on Wednesday held a public meeting to address residents’ security concerns, gather their feedback on police performance, and listen to their grievances, fostering a spirit of collaboration and trust.
The first meeting took place at Phase 11 in Mohali, where the DGP, accompanied by DIG (Ropar Range) Nilambari Jagdale and SSP Deepak Pareek, engaged in an open dialogue with representatives from various resident welfare associations (RWAs) and listened to their concerns.
During the meeting, the residents vigorously voiced their concerns over various critical issues, including the shortage of police personnel in Mohali, lack of outreach by Station House Officers (SHOs), traffic congestion, insufficient CCTV camera surveillance, tenant verification, rise in crime, heavy vehicles plying in city limits and vendor encroachments.
DGP Yadav announced measures to address these issues, including the deployment of additional forces for route/VIP security, increased police presence based on temporal and spatial analysis of crime hotspots, reinvigoration of the beat system in coordination with ‘chowkidars’ and security guards He also increased the sanctioned strength for allocation of police personnel by 200 in Mohali. Already, the PCR strength in Mohali has been raised from 15 to 27.
The DGP directed the SSP to conduct a thorough traffic engineering survey, which will help in identifying bottlenecks and optimise traffic flow. He also directed the SSP to carry out crime mapping to identify crime hotspots and points of sale of drugs in the district.
The police will intensify CCTV camera saturation at snatching and drug sale hotspots across the state. Control rooms will be established at district and sub-divisional levels for real-time monitoring, enhancing response times and crime prevention.
After holding meeting with the RWAs, the DGP made a surprise visit to the Phase 11 police station and examined the infrastructure, including the SHO room, waiting area for public, IO’s rooms, barracks for NGOs, and the dining/kitchen facility.
