HYDERABAD: Two initiatives launched by the police in Andhra Pradesh have won recognition from an international agency, when they were shortlisted as semi-finalists for the 2006 IACP/Motorola Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement.

The award named after Webber S. Seavey, the first president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in Vancouver, is aimed at recognising quality achievements in law enforcement, promoting awareness and understanding of quality.

The State police initiatives - Project Aasara, an anti-trafficking programme launched by the Nalgonda police and the Family Counselling Centres programme, launched by the State police have been shortlisted as the semi-finalists.

There are 25 such police initiatives short-listed as the semi-finalists.

Project Aasara, launched by the Nalgonda SP Mahesh M. Bhagwath, aims to checking trafficking in women and rehabilitation of women rescued from the clutches of brothels.

The Family Counselling Centres initiative launched all over the State is aimed at resolving domestic disputes.

Apart from the two projects, two other Indian police initiatives also find a place in the list.

Project Parivartan launched by the Delhi police and the Networked/Online Police Complaint Registration and Monitoring System of the Nagpur police have also been included in the list.

Ten finalists are to be chosen from the 25 semi-finalists and then three winning projects will be chosen from the finalists.

The award for the best initiative would be announced at the IACP conference in Boston in October.

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