Pune: The Lonavla subdivision police officer has outlined several measures to improve campus safety for students in a meeting held last Thursday with school and college officials . These include compulsory character verification of all teaching and non-teaching staff, increased police patrolling around educational institutions, assigning police inspector-rank officers to supervise one or two schools and colleges to ensure accountability, and random weekly inspections, among other initiatives. With the one-week period now complete, police have begun inspecting schools to ensure compliance.
According to Satya Sai Karthik, assistant superintendent of police of Lonavla Division, “Every person employed in educational institutes needs a character verification.” He also mentioned the implementation of an anonymous complaint box in every institute for students to voice concerns, to will be opened every 15-30 days by a female police personnel. Karthik added that Nirbhaya teams will make frequent visits to schools, and have identified grey areas where students may engage in activities like smoking, and will increase patrolling.
“If discovered, we will counsel them and inform parents,” he said. The officer instructed schools to install CCTV cameras on their premises and entry-exit points, as well as establish control rooms to monitor the campus. We also published the following articles recently Lonavla police safety measures at schools, colleges The Lonavla subdivision police ha.