Participation elicited for police awards
The Imphal Free PressIMPHAL, Apr 9:
The Imphal Free PressIMPHAL, Apr 9:
The Union ministry of home affairs has asked the DGPs, IGPs and CPOs of various states of the country including Manipur to disseminate information among the police officers working under them to elicit their participation in the competition for the Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement.
The Webber Seavey Award for Quality in Law Enforcement was created in the year 1992 by the International Association of Chiefs of police (IACP) and Motorola with an objective to give opportunity for earning recognition to the police department for its hard work and initiative.The award recognizes innovative projects in areas such as community policing, internal security, crime prevention, highway safely, state-of-the art technology and other areas of law enforcement. The projects should depict quality and excellence in law enforcement with results that have been sustained for a minimum of one year.
Since inception, more than 1,800 municipal, country, state, and federal agencies and sheriff`s departments have participated in this distinguished programme.A project `Aasra` submitted by the Nalgonda district police, Andhra Pradesh, was selected as one of the top three finalists in 2006 and Mahesh Bhagwat, superintendent, Nalgonda police, received recognition at the annual IACP conference held in Boston, Massachusetts (MA), USA from October 14 to 18, 2006.`Parivartan`, a Delhi police project on community policing, was selected as one of the 25 semifinalists.
Every year, the winners/finalists are intimated directly and requested to receive the awards in person. The top three winners receive awards at the IACP conference general assembly while 25 award finalists are honuored at the Webber Seavey breakfast.
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