The Police Control Room (PCR) patrolling vans of Delhi Police have been integrated with police stations from September 1, for better surveillance and better efficiency in handling the law and order issues in the national Capital.
According to Chinmoy Biswal, the spokesperson of Delhi Police, in the current system, these vans, also called mobile patrol vans (MPVs), have their own patrol beats, base points and routes under the command of the central PCR and this merger will boost the force’s functioning, including investigation. “The step was taken after Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana constituted a high-level committee to coordinate this systemic change following detailed examination of all aspects,” said Biswal.
The committee comprised Sundari Nanda, the Special Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Muktesh Chander, the Special CP, Operations and Satish Golcha, the Special CP, South Zone.
“The merger of the present jurisdictional strength of the police control room (PCR) and that of police station beats will increase manpower and vehicular capabilities of police stations to conduct beat patrolling and keep better surveillance on criminals and illegal activities, besides attending to law and order functions under the single command of the police station or police district,” said Biswal.
“Over 800 PCR MPVs will now get absorbed into police stations in the new system.
The new decentralised system will allow police stations to organise patrolling along with PCR MPV staff and bring them under their human resources,” Biswal said. “For all practical purposes, the PCR staff, numbering around 5,000, shall be considered for posting to police stations,” he said.
