The State government will shortly launch a recruitment drive to raise the share of women civil police officers (CPOs) to 15 per cent of the total police force, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said.
Talking after inaugurating the Pink Police Patrol (PPP) initiative of the Kochi city police here on Friday, Mr. Vijayan said the police should stand firmly with the victim in cases of atrocities against women. The State government would not tolerate any compromise of women’s security and safety. Mr. Vijayan called for a change in the social circumstances to reinforce a sense of security among women.
The PPP vehicles with state-of-the-art facilities would help rein in atrocities against women and children.
The Chief Minister said there was no need to be apprehensive about the new project and guaranteed civilised and comforting approach from the police towards distress callers. The Pink Police was the result of the realisation that a society like Kerala could nt move forward by ignoring the safety of women who constitute 50 per cent of its polity.
ADGG South Zone B. Sandhya flagged off the first PPP vehicle. She said the project had evoked good response in Thiruvananthapuram.
