NCW chief for women officers in every police station

NCW chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam today said that having women officers at every police station would be a better initiative than the concept of all-women police stations in order to handle crime against women.
"Since this idea of all-women police stations have gathered a lot of momentum in the country, we realised that though they are good in small states, in the larger states there are many logistical problems and it is probably better to have at least two women posted at every police station. That helps the police and also encourages complainant to come forward," she said at the concluding ceremony of three-day training programme for women police officers.

The training programme with special focus on crime against women was initiated as a pilot project for capacity building of women police officers from the level of ASI to Superintendent who could be Investigating Officers in matters of crime against women. A total of 57 women police officers from 17 cities were trained in various aspects of crime investigation.
The main objective of the programme was to upgrade the knowledge and investigating skills of the officers as collection of evidence and its representation play a vital role in strengthening any case.
The training was conducted by domain experts covering topics like status of women in the contemporary society, forensic science and crime investigation, changing pattern of crime against women in India, scene of crime, forensic medicine and post mortem examinations and problems and remedies.

Advocating for inclusivity of women in all fields of policing in this country, Vimla Mehra, the oldest women police officer in the country, said, "Instead of having separate police stations for women, we would like to advocate inclusiveness of women in police working in all levels and at all areas traffic including general policing, patroling and police control room. We want women everywhere."
Kumaramangalam said there is very low prosecution rate in the country which deters people from coming forward and filing complaints.
"Even in rape cases, people often hesitate to come forward because they don't find a sympathetic attitude from police. And the way the police behaves prevents the prosecution. So we decided to talk to the other side of the compendium especially women police officers. And we realised that often the women officers are not very well oriented or trained with new laws being added," she said.