ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF DGPs AND IGPs OF STATES
The Annual Conference
of DGPs/IGPs of States, Union Territories and Heads of Central
Police Organizations will be held at Vigyan Bhawan from September
29 to October 01, 2002. The Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
will be giving away the medals to the IB Officers, who have been
awarded President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service during
the Conference.
The Annual
Conference is being organized by the Intelligence Bureau since
1920. The main object of holding these Conferences is to provide
a forum to the Police leadership in the States/UTs and the Centre
to discuss various problems faced by the police throughout the
country towards efficient and effective policing and better service
to the people/society. These Conferences give an opportunity for
the experience and ideas of the senior most police officers in
the country to be pooled together and views exchanged freely on
problems of common interest and to work out ways and means to
modernize and prepare the police to meet newer challenges and
make it community-friendly.
The
Conference is attended by Police Officers from States/UTs Police
Forces and also the Central Police Organizations. The Conference
will be inaugurated and addressed by the Hon’ble Deputy Prime
Minister, Shri L.K. Advani. The Prime Minister will address the
Conference on the 30th Septmber, 2002 after giving
away the awards. With a view to boosting the morale of the officers
and men of the Intelligence Bureau, Indian Police Medals for Meritorious
Service and President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service
are also given away to the recipient officers of the Intelligence
Bureau by the Hon’ble Deputy Prime Minister and the Hon’ble Prime
Minister respectively at this Conference. The delegates interact
with the Union Home Secretary and officers of MHA and subjects
of topical and national interest are discussed threadbare and
recommendations sent to MHA. The delegates also call on the President
of India on the concluding day of the Conference.
This
year’s Conference is the 37th Conference of the Chief
of Police and Intelligence Chiefs of States/UTs and Central Police
Organizations.
The main emphasis
of the Conference this year would be on sensitizing different
States on terrorism related aspects, reviewing the criminal Justice
system in India, challenges posed by cyber crimes and the need
to have adequate security to ensure national security. The Conference
would also discuss the implications in India of the Maoist activity
in Nepal, our coastal security network to prevent terrorists from
engaging in subversion and sabotage, need for systems to evaluate
the performance of the police. Criminals are familiar with technology
these days so the need to develop innovative methods of policing
to track criminals are some of the important issues which would
be taken up by the Conference.
