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not step out to get them.
When Janamaithri Police realized
this, they took up
the responsibility to deliver
medicines. Janamaithri Police
has made arrangements
to deliver lifesaving drugs to
those in critical condition or
battling with serious health
issues. Essential/emergency
medicines delivered to citizens
through ERSS (122) and
Highway Patrol Team in coordination
with Janamithri
Beat Police Officers. Through
this endeavour, Janamaithri
Police distributed life saving
medicines to 28369 patients in
distress.
16.9 Community
Mediation
Centre
(CMC)
Constitution of community
based dispute resolution
mechanism Community Mediation
Centre (CMC) at Police
Stations as part of Janamaithri
Suraksha Project :-
The Kerala State Mediation
and Conciliation Centre
(KSMCC) proposed to train
Community Mediation Volunteers
(CMVs) from Sponsoring
Social Organizations
(SSOs) and train them for
twenty hours in the concepts,
theories and practices of mediation.
The Sponsoring Social
Organization can be any
voluntary organization or the
Police. Janamaithri Project
shall establish Community
Mediation Centres (CMCs)
at their own expense with
adequate enclosed space to
conduct interaction between
the parties in mediation, at
the behest of the Community
Mediation volunteers, so
trained. The Janamaithri
Suraksha Project has 70 Community
Police Resource Centres
(CPRCs) and 64 JanamaithriKendras
which can effectively
function as Community
Mediation Centres as envisaged
by the KSMCC. All
petitions which are not cognizable
can be dealt with
by the SHO with the assistance
of Community Mediation
Volunteers who would be
our Jananmaithri Beat Officers
in the JananmaithriKendras/CPRCs
which could
be designated as Community
Mediation Centres by
the KSMCC. Hence, as per
the proposal of KSMCC it
is decided to establish Community
Mediation Centres at
the behest of Jananmaithri
Suraksha Project in all JanamaithriKendras/CPRCs.
The
KSMCC will facilitate training
to all our Beat Officers
on the basics and techniques
of mediation, thereby rendering
them capable and efficient
as Community Mediation Volunteers.
This would go a
long way in reducing unnecessary
litigation in Police Stations
and Courts. Community
Police relations also stand to
benefit with positive Police interference
in all minor disputes
not warranting a detailed
investigation and prosecution.
16.10 The Student
Police Cadet
(SPC)
Project
(PHQ Cirular No:19/2011)
Ref: GO (P) No:
121/2010/Home Dated:
29/05/2010
The Student Police Cadet
(SPC) Project is a schoolbased
initiative by Kerala Police,
implemented jointly by
the Departments of Home and
Education, and supported by
Departments of Transport,
Forest, Excise and Local Self-
Government. The project
trains high school students
to evolve as future leaders
of a democratic society by
inculcating in them, respect
for the law, discipline, civic
sense, empathy for vulnerable
sections of society and resistance
to social evils. The
project also enables youth to
explore and develop their innate
capabilities, thereby empowering
them to resist the
growth of negative tendencies
such as social intolerance,
substance abuse, deviant behavior,
and anti establishment
violence. Equally, it strengthens
within them commitment
towards their family, the community,
and the environment.
The Project was launched
on August 2, 2010 in 127
high schools/higher secondary
schools across Kerala, with
11,176 students, both boys
and girls, enrolled as Cadets
and 254 teachers trained as
school-level Community Police
Officers (CPOs). The
project was gradually expanded
to more and more
schools due to immense popularity
and ready acceptance
by schools, teachers, students,
parents, civil society, alike.
As on today, April 2020, as
many as 702 schools located
in 19 police districts of Kerala
with a combined strength of
60,000 cadets and 1404 CPOs
have implemented the project.
Union Home Minister has announced
on 21st July, 2018
that the SPC project developed
by the Kerala Police has