‘Pink booth’ in Jamia Nagar, all women police assistance booth
Jamia Nagar appears to have got its first pink booths in Batla House which will have all women police assistance booth. It was on October 23, 2021 that Hindustan Times had ran a story about ‘pink booths’.
DCP (central) Shweta Chauhan said earlier, only men were deployed in traditional policing beats but now the central district will deploy more women in such beats.
“… a pink booth manned by women staff has been set up at the Karol Bagh police station. This booth will cater to women’s grievances and the policewomen will take im-mediate legal action on their complaints. The booth is an attempt to provide a safe complaint redressal mechanism for women in a busy marketplace instead of them needing to visit a police station. The purpose is to sensitise citizens about crime and obtain their feedback. The policewomen will also motivate women and girls to report cases of vi-olence against them,” said DCP Chauhan.
The aim of this initiative, police said, is to bring women officers to the forefront in traditional policing roles, reported HT.
“Traditional policing roles of crime prevention and detec-tion, which were earlier considered male bastions, will see increased participation of women officers at every level. They will play an important role in crime prevention, de-tection and investigation of crimes such as robbery, snatching, pickpocketing, burglary and organised crime,” DCP Chauhan added.
