View of Peren Police Station. (Photo Courtesy: Peren Police)
Mokokchung PS-1 ranked 84
Morung Express News
Dimapur | June 27
Peren Police Station (PS) stood 38th from among the 87 police stations surveyed by the Quality Council of India for Ministry of Home Affair’s Ranking of Police Stations 2018. The survey was conducted in 2018. Mokokchung Police Station-1 also ranked 84 in the survey.
“It is the only police station in Nagaland where at least 50% of the cases registered has been charge-sheeted, Superintendent of Police, Peren, VZ Angami told The Morung Express. In the last 7-8 years, the Peren PS registered around 100 cases. Out of this, 54 have been charge-sheeted. Quite a number of cases are pending in the court for trial while a couple of cases have been settled by customary court.
As of today, there is only 1 pending case in the police station. The SP said the Peren police team have been striving to maintain good public relation as well as ensuring that the security and peace of mind of the citizens comes first.
The SP said his predecessors as well as the rank and file of Peren PS have contributed in their own way to ensure the potency of the police station. He also revealed that all out efforts are being given to improve all the police station in Peren districts.
According to the MHA report, the three best police stations in the country are in Rajasthan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and West Bengal.
The Kalu PS in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district is ranked number 1 as it had all facilities such as a women’s help desk, drinking water facilities and Wi-Fi.
The second in the rank is Campbell Bay in Nicobar district. It has a child-friendly room and a separate waiting room for complainants and visitors.
The Farakka PS in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district is ranked third as it has air conditioners, gymnasium, CCTV cameras and a comfortable environment for police-public interaction.
Selection process of police stations
The process started with the selection of a set of police stations from the 15,666 police stations all over the country. It then shortlisted 3 from the states having 750+ police stations, 2 from all other states and NCT Delhi and 1 from each Union Territory.
The shortlist was done on the basis of data uploaded on the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System by each police station. The stations were evaluated on the criteria of crime against women, crimes against SC/ST and property offences.
These parameters were taken as these crimes have a pan-India character. The total weighted score was calculated depending upon the number of FIRs registered, the no of FIRs charge-sheeted and the number of FIRs charge-sheeted within 60 days under each of the above categories, the report stated.
Twenty percent weight-age was also assigned to the police station's infrastructure and citizen feedback on the performance of the police personnel posted at the police station.
The annual survey is being conducted since 2016 after it was suggested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grade the police stations during the annual Director General of Police conference in Gujarat.
