After Delhi Police failed to solve almost 70 per cent of the registered cases at various police stations in the national Capital due to several reasons including staff crunch, now Delhi Police are giving three month in-house training to constables (graduates) to investigate cases for speedy crack down.
According to a senior police official, last month the LG had issued a notification to Delhi Police to give training to constables (graduates) having 10 years’ of regular service so that even they can investigate cases which have the maximum punishment prescribed as seven years.
“As per the guidelines of Delhi Police, only a sub-inspector can investigate crimes like theft, pick pocketing, cases pertaining to the Arms Act, gambling, defacement Act, excise Act and motor vehicles Act, and only one Investigating Officer (IO) could be assigned for a single case. Though they can take help of an assistant sub-inspector, head-constable or constable for basic administration work related to the case,” the officer added.
At present there are around 5,570 sub-inspectors in Delhi Police and 18,898 head constables. After the order was issued by the LG, Delhi Police have short-listed around 150 graduate head-constables who are undergoing in-house training at the police training school.
“The programme will last for three months in which they will be trained to investigate heinous crimes. From filing a medical application for the victim, making files, standing orders, circulars, making entries in the Daily Diary, writing case diaries, drafting final reports, effecting arrests, seizures, submitting progress reports to appearance of cases in courts and carrying out all the other functions as required for investigation and trial of cases under the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973. As many as 40 female constables (graduates) are also under taking the course,” the officer added.
As there was a staff crunch in Delhi Police, especially of Sub-Inspector level, Delhi Police failed to solve almost 70 per cent of the cases.
“Though the programme will teach the constables (graduates) technical skills to probe the cases the investigating skills of a constable cannot be matched with that of a sub-inspector,” another senior police official said.
In 2015, Delhi Police managed to solve only 27.32 per cent of the total cases (1,82,644) registered whereas in 2014, 24.05 per cent cases were solved out of 1,47,237 cases.