His tenure as Home Minister led to the launch of community policing initiatives in the state in 2008.
His tenure as Home Minister led to the launch of community policing initiatives in the state in 2008.
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan He will be remembered for trying to reshape the image of Kerala Police among the masses by launching the Janmaithri (people-friendly) police initiative.
Launched on March 28, 2008, during his tenure as Home Minister in the Left Front government, the Janmaitri Suraksha Project marked the beginning of the state police’s community policing initiative.
Although the project was launched in 2006, two years after the Left government came to power, Mr. Balakrishnan made it clear early on that the idea of a people-friendly police force was top of his priorities as Home Minister. .
In his first interaction with the media after taking over as home minister in 2006, Mr Balakrishnan had clarified that the government would not allow “third degree methods” in police stations. He then said that a wide gap exists between the police and the public, whereas police officers should treat the public well when they approach police stations to lodge complaints. The Janmaitri project was able to change this by deploying trained men and women beat officers to interact with citizens.
Published in his article on ‘Community Policing Initiative in Kerala’ Hindu In November 2010, B Sandhya, DGP, who was the nodal officer for the project, stated that several projects implemented under the Community Policing Initiative were highly successful and brought down crime by 50% in police station areas of Irinjalakuda. , Perinthalmanna, Kochi and Aluva. He said that the degree of approval of the project was such that all the MLAs wanted to implement it in their constituencies.