In an effort to encourage women to approach the police, Kolkata Police Commissioner of Police Surajit Kar Purkayastha on Wednesday inaugurated Reinforce City Patrol, where patrolling vehicles will have only women cops. This comes at a time when a number of sexual assault and rape cases are being reported in the State and city. West Bengal ranked third in the 2013 Crime in India report by the National Crime records Bureau.
Headed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Women Police, Headquarter, Debasree Roy, three vehicles were launched initially which will be manning three spots in the city — J.L. Nehru Road crossing, south Kolkata’s Rashbihari Road and Akashvani Bhawan in central Kolkata.
The women police personnel will be working in two shifts, from 6.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and from 12.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m., Ms. Roy said.
