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Panaji
Sanguem police station is among the 10 best performing police stations in the country this year, according to the list announced by the Centre on Thursday.
Nongpok Sekmai police station in Manipur has topped the list while Sanguem police station has been adjudged as the fifth best performing police station from among the 16,671 police stations.
Last year Bicholim police station stood at the ninth position in the list of 10 best police stations.
The Centre selects best performing police stations across the country every year to incentivise their functioning and bring healthy competition among them.
The other eight best performing police stations this year on the list are: AWPS-Suramangalam police station in Tamil Nadu has stood at second ranking; Kharsang police station in Arunachal Pradesh fetched third position; Jhilmili (Bhaiya Thana) of Chhattisgarh has been ranked fourth; Kalighat police station in Andaman and Nicobar Islands has stood at sixth position; Pakyong police station in Sikkim has bagged seventh position; Kanth police station in Uttar Pradesh has been adjudged as eighth best; Khanvel police station in Dadra and Nagar Haveli has been ranked ninth and Jammikunta town police station in Telangana has been ranked tenth best police station in the country.
This year’s survey was conducted under challenging circumstances by the Union home ministry. It was difficult to access police stations located in remote areas owing to
COVID norms. Consequently, the survey was conducted in accordance with the guidelines of the Centre.
The objective was to rank the top 10 police stations out of 16,671 police stations in the country through data analysis, direct observation and public feedback, a communiqué said.
The ranking process commenced with shortlisting of the best performing police stations in each state on the basis of addressing of property offence, crime against women, crime against weaker sections, and dealing with missing persons, unidentified found person and unidentified dead bodies.
The last parameter has been introduced this year.
In the final stage, 19 parameters were identified to evaluate the standards of service delivery and identify techniques of improvement in policing.
This part constituted 80 per cent of weightage in overall scoring. The balance 20 per cent of weightage was based on infrastructure of the police station and approachability of personnel and feedback of citizens.
The categories of citizens included were from nearby residential areas, nearby markets and citizens leaving police stations.
