Community policing launched in Bhubaneswar slums to prevent crimes

Bhubaneswar | Tuesday | 12th February, 2019

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BHUBANESWAR: The commissionerate police here on Monday launched a community-oriented policing service in slums of the twin cities in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to curb crimes and sensitise youths against narcotics abuse. I hope the initiative makes slums crime-free,” Sharma said.Mohanty said the police would regularly hold interface with people in slums. Police distributed different sports equipment and jerseys among representatives of five slums of Bhubaneswar and one from Cuttack. “Our personnel will regularly visit slums, interact with people and sensitise them to their obligations to society. “It is a novel initiative to bridge the gap between the people residing in slums and the police..