SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

138 16. COMMUNITY POLICING & BEST PRACTICES
11. Day-to-day supervision
of the progress of the investigation
by the immediate
superior officer.
16.12 SCHOOL
PROTEC-
TION
GROUP
(PHQ Circular No. 16/2011)
In order to ensure safety of
children and to curb tendency
for juvenile delinquency as
well as to protect children
from becoming victims of illegal
activities, it is decided
to take the initiative to form
“School Protection Groups”
for every school where creation
of such a group is
feasible (PHQ Circular No.
16/2011 dated 08-06-2011).As
part of taking initiative to ensure
the safety of children by
action against illegal activities
and sale of illicit articles
in the vicinity of schools it
is directed to form ‘a School
Protection Group’ and started
functioning at every schools.
This is purely a voluntary effort,
without any compulsion
on any one to form or join
such a group.
School Protection Group
(SPG) of each School may be
chaired by either the Head of
the Institution or the President
of the Parent Teacher
Association. The Convener
of the Group can be the local
Station House Officer and
the Joint Convener may be
a Police officer designated by
the SHO. The members of the
group may consist of Ward
Member / Ward Councillor,
School student leader, two
willing parents, two willing
teachers, staff secretary, one
respectable merchant of the
locality, one respectable auto
driver,one respectable headload
worker, a representative
of the Jagaratha Samiti
or SPC, as well as some
respectable residents of the
area.
16.12.1 The duties of
SPG
• To take action to ensure
traffic safety in the school area
and surroundings.
• To collect and communicate
information regarding
selling of supply of drugs and
narcotic substances, pornographic
material, sale of tobacco
products, pan masala,
alcoholic beverages, etc.
• To collect information
about students who go away
from the school during class
hours and loiter in the vicinity.
• To keep watch over persons
who befriend children
with a view to exploiting them
for illegal or immoral activities.
The main purpose of forming
a protection group is
to provide safety to children
from becoming victims of illegal
activities. The head of
the institution or PTA president
will chair the group.
Ward member or ward councilor,
school leader, 2 parents,
2 teachers, one merchant of
the locality, one auto driver,
SPC representative and some
other residents of the area
would be the members of the
group. Their responsibilities
include, ensuring traffic safety
in the school surroundings,
being vigilant to get information
regarding selling of drugs,
narcotic substances, tobacco
products and other such items
and pornographic materials,
getting info about students
who cut classes and loiter in
the vicinity and watching persons
who may misguide or
tempt children from wrong
doings. The School Protection
group should function
in complete cooperation with
the District Police Chiefs and
the Local Bodies.
16.13 Coastal
Awareness
Committee
(Kadalora
Jagratha
Samithi)
(PHQ Circular No: 18/2009)
This community policing initiative
is to involve the fishing
community along Kerala’s
590 kmlong coastline
into the information gathering
network of the state
Police and has been implemented
after preparing
a detailed roadmap of the
project.Under the Coastal Security
Scheme ’Kadalora Jagratha
Samithies’ has been
constituted in the state since
2009 under the Home Department
of Kerala.Selected
members from the community
were made aware of the
need for being part of the security
set up and were then
imparted training on the task
that the Police expect them
to perform.As per the scheme
Jagratha Samithies were constituted
in all coastal area
Police Stations. Toll free
coastal security helpline 1053
has been established which
facilitate communication between
fishermen and ICG
control rooms. Coastal Security
Awareness Campaign
(CSAC) are regularly being
conducted by the Indian Navy
towards bringing in awareness