In a first-of-its-kind initiative to assist the Investigating Officers (IOs) in solving cases, top faculty members of National Law University (NLU) provided lessons on policing and handling women in cases of crime to the IOs of South-west district. A total of 13 lecturers formed part of the faculty.
Talking about the utility of the workshop, R A Sanjeev, Deputy Commissioner of Police, who looked after the initiative told Millennium Post: “The three-day workshop held inside NLU started on March 29. It involved 110 police officials from across 15 police stations. Out of the 110 officers, 27 were women officers.”
“Lectures were given between 2 pm to 5 pm during the day on varied topics ranging from investigation of crime, FIR registration, POCSO Act, significant Supreme Court rulings to the role of police and handling of women victims in crimes. The programme was titled ‘gender sensitisation training programme’.
According to senior police officials, the timings of the workshop were decided keeping in mind the jam-packed schedules of the officers who were over burdened with cases. There are times when officers are in a state of pressure and are not able to correctly recall the sections of the law. This hinders the paper work procedure. To help them, this workshop was undertaken, added the official.
“Rs 1,80,000 was the amount of money used for arranging the workshop, which was taken from the Nirbhaya Fund,” said the senior Delhi Police official.
“It is absolutely important for the Investigating Officers to be able to recall the sections of law while dealing with cases related to POCSO Act, crimes related to women etc. This initiative is special because top faculty members of NLU themselves took out time from their schedule to lecture the IO’s. 110 officers were given lectures by 9 permanent faculty members and 3 guest lecturers. Prominent faculty members G S Bajpai were among the faculty who gave sessions on important laws and regulations,” added the DCP.
“To ensure that the workshop leaves a long-lasting impression on the officers, an atmosphere of mock court was created in the auditorium,” said the official.