SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

130 16. COMMUNITY POLICING & BEST PRACTICES
anthi functions as detailed
below:
a) To provide social security
measures for the old age
population living in social isolation
with physical and mental
problems.
b) Prasanthi is established
as a multi service community
geriatric care centre for providing
health care, legal and
psycho-social support services
for the elderly population and
their care givers.
c) Field extension services
are provided through Janamaithri
Beat Officers, Pink
patrol and other stakeholders
by providing food, medical
care and entertainment opportunities
for the senior citizens.
d) Creating opportunity
for social interaction among
senior citizens.
e) Facilitating their activities
which include physiotherapy,
meditation, counseling,
medical camps, medical
checkups etc.
f) To conduct public
awareness programmes and
psychosocial activities for creating
an enabling environment
for geriatric care.
In the wake of Covid-
19 lockdown, “Prasanthi”
Senior Citizens Helpline
facilitated ventilation of
the grievances more than
of 3000 senior citizens all
over the State as on 30th
Sept 2020.
16.3 M-Beat System
(integrated
Beat
Application)
Kerala Police has always
availed of the latest technology
for improving the efficiency
of enforcement in day
to day policing. KELTRON
(Kerala State Electronics Development
Corporation) has
developed an M-Beat System
(integrated Beat Application)
aiming to strengthen
the Janamaithri beat system 2
and for utilizing the gathered
information for law enforcement
purposes. Conventionally
Beat Books / Patta Books
/ Point books were given
to the beat Police personnel
for recording the information
gathered by them during
house visits. M-Beat application
is the go green initiative
of Kerala Police in preparing
a digital repository using
a mobile application. While
conducting house visits, the
beat Police personnel are collecting
information regarding
houses, public-private institutions,
tribal colonies, guest
labourers/migrant labourers,
phone number, ID card, educational
qualification of the
residents, vehicle details etc
of their Police Station jurisdiction
and recording them
using the mobile phone application.
Moreover, details
regarding weaker sections of
society, senior citizens, women
living alone, migrant labourers,
tribal colonies etc are also
entered in the application.
Another outstanding feature
of this application is that the
beat officer can upload the
details of dossier criminals,
ex-convicts, MO Criminals,
anti-socials etc in his beat
area which in turn are saved
into the repository of the application.
The application
has the facility to maintain,
analyze and provide accurate
digitally recorded information
2 https://keralapolice.gov.in/page/janamaithri-suraksha
with the help of GPS system
which in turn effectively
is being utilized for policing
activities. Integrated Beat
Application consists of a web
and mobile based solutions for
beat patrolling and creating
a centralized digital repository.
The project comprises
of a web interface which is an
extension of the crime mapping
application and a mobile
application. The remarkable
features of this application
are beat management, repository
management, dashboard
and reports. The user login
has been divided into different
levels of official hierarchy
such as Police Station,
Sub-Division, District,
Range, Zone and State levels
for catering to the official
needs of Police.
16.4 Objectives
and Need for
the M-Beat
project
a) M-Beat (Integrated
Beat Application) aims to
strengthen the Police beat
system for utilizing the gathered
information for law enforcement
purposes.
b) To collect ground level
intelligence through interaction
with the local community.
c) Gather, record and
communicate information on
crime, criminals, factions, organized
criminal gangs, terrorists,
anti- national and anti
-social elements, suspected /
found in the beat area.
d) Help in understanding
and reconciliation of caste,
communal and group hostilities.