COPS to be reviewed

Everytime a board will be set up to interview and select the COPS. While the SDPOs will meet them every three months, the SHOs will see the COPS once a month. Bedi said more people will be enrolled into COPS, especially from villages and colonies as these are the areas vulnerable to crime. The meeting was called to discuss the roles and the duties of the COPS. This was the first ever meeting of the COPS with police officials ever since its inception in June 1996. For the past over one year, it had been virtually dormant, as was pointed out by members today.

Calling for active support from COPS, she said that it will keep function as quot;eyes and earsquot; of the police, keeping a watch over the crime and unlawful activities taking place in the area. Bedi said training will be imparted to the COPS, after whom they will be given challan chits on which they can take down the registration number of the vehicles violating traffic rules. She said COPS would be involved in the house-to-house verification done by the beat officers. The COPS should try and suggest solutins of the problems in the area, besides identifying them, she said.