Curbing organised and cyber crimes, and ensuring safety to women will be the priority areas for the Gautam Buddh Nagar police, district's new police chief Vaibhav Krishna said Friday.
Krishna, who took charge as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Thursday night, stressed that police officials need to be more "sensitive" toward the problems of the public and maintain the "integrity" of the institution.
In his first interaction with the press at the police headquarters in Surgajpur, the 2010-batch IPS officer, who has previously helmed the police force in adjoining Ghaziabad district, spelled out his priorities for Gautam Buddh Nagar, the western Uttar Pradesh district adjoining Delhi.
Krishna, who succeeds IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, stressed that complaints will be dealt with in a fair and transparent manner, and all legal proceedings would be undertaken.
"When people approach the police, they should be heard. Nobody should have a complaint or qualms with investigation," he said.
The SSP, who held a meeting with police officers up to the rank of SHOs in the district Thursday night, said he has made it clear that counter-FIRs against the complainant in any case will not be encouraged.
"Only in situations where it is not clear who is the victim and who the offender, cross-FIRs would be allowed. This is also a priority for us," he said.
On the "high number" of cyber crimes case reported here, he said the cyber cell would be made proactive and proficient so that more cases could be worked out and culprits nabbed.
"The cyber cell would be made proactive, will also take help from private experts, the police officials will be trained and their capabilities improved," he said.
Each police station would have a cyber expert in order to streamline the problem and provide solution at the earlier, officials privy to the Thursday night meeting said.
"Otherwise a lot of time of the complainant is wasted in reaching the right office and correct official," the official told PTI.
Krishna, who has earlier served in districts such as Ghazipur, Bulandshahr, Etah, Ghaziabad and in the Intelligence Unit of the Meerut Range, warned action against policemen also if they are found involved in any wrongdoings.
Asked about the encounter spree with criminals that the district has witnessed in the last couple of years, he said, "This is not a policy matter but a natural process where police retaliate in self-defence."
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