MANGALURU: With a view of creating community-friendly policing, the Mangaluru City police have decided to strengthen the beat system , which according to the police, is already operational in the city limits.Under this system, each police personnel at a given police station will be assigned an area under the respective police station limits. The personnel will deal closely with the people in that area and are responsible for holding a monthly meet involving people from the region.Briefing reporters on the new initiative, DCP (law and order), Hanumantharaya , said the area under each police station’s jurisdiction will be divided proportional to the number of personnel assigned to that station. The assigned personnel will be the first point of contact for the residents. Grievances, if any, will be addressed during the monthly meet, said Hanumantharaya.Meanwhile, the plan to introduce towing machines in the city to check illegal parking has hit a roadblock. Hanumantharaya said no bidder came forward during the first round of tender due to strict rules laid down by the government. He said the bidders backed off citing that the conditions mentioned in the document were monetarily not feasible.However, he said a bidder had come forward during the subsequent round of tender process, and the city police will hence be equipped with the machines in the near future.

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