FitCop app yields positive results in improving health of police officers: 60 high-risk cops rewarded

 Implementing an integrated approach to monitor and improve  overall health and wellness of police officers, through Fitcop app, has borne fruit in a short span of time. The Helping Hand Foundation(HHF), a non-profit NGO engaged by HCP for the Fitcop initiative, has completed the health screening of 16,000 cops over the last 6 months, and had been  guiding the obesse, high risk profiles with diet and exercise plans. The team presented the  post facto analysis  to the top brass which revealed  that the consciousness of health culture is improved  in the organisation. 

        Yesterday, as many as 60 cops(high risk category) of various age groups  were rewarded by the City Police Chief Mr.CV Anand  for improving their health through FitCop app. The rewardees  shared their transformation journey with their peers.  A constable working in Charminar PS retraced his experience from being unhealthy to a better state and explained how the continuous follow up by the HHF & senior officers  through the app had influenced them  and went on explaining how the diet habits , exercise helped him to shed the weight. 

“A woman PC, survived by daughter, broke into tears over a phone conversation with the counsellor for the latter’s attention towards her health. The single mother found solace as she was being cared by the organisation she work for.” said the counsellor. 

          Addressing the gathering, Mr.Anand stressed the importance of taking nutritious diet and explained the benefits of  weight training, stretching. Chronicling his own weight management, he shared the tips on striking the correct balance between maintaining muscle and shedding excess  weight.  He asked the staff officers to replicate the health culture within their families too.  He announced few perks like 2 pairs of uniform, a 5 day paid holiday who transformed to a better state of health and suggested them to patrol on foot whenever they could for better public engagement and to burn calories at work.

He expressed satisfaction with the progress and instructed  the HHF team to follow up with the high risk category candidates on a daily basis He presented T-Shirts and appreciation certificates to the rewardees.

Mr.Gajarao Bhupal, Jt.CP(SMIT & Coordination);; Ms.Sunitha, DCP – ICCC; HHF team head Mr.Mujtaba  and other staff officers were present.

Safe City Project Reviewed

 Several key decisions were made and pending issues in Safe City project were addressed in a high level coordination meeting chaired by the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand, the nodal officer of the safe city project for tri-commissionerates, here at 17th floor conference call in Hyderabad Police Commissionerate, TSPICCC.

ADG Women Safety, Ms.Shikha Goel;  CP Rachakonda,  Mr.D. S.Chauhan; CP Cyberabad, Mr. Stephen Ravindra, officials  of TSTS, GHMC, other Govt departments  were in attendance.The meeting discussed several components of the Safe City Project, including the new CDEWs -  Center for Development and Empowerment of Women, pelican signals, outreach vehicles, CCTVs, Bharosa center, forensic labs, and mobile SHE toilets. 

Discussions were held on various timelines related to the project, such as making 26 CDEWs operational by the end of May, addressing connectivity issues in  CCTV networks, purchasing equipment for FSL labs and getting them ready by August this year, prioritizing & handling Dial 100 calls pertaining to women and children in distress by trained personnel, and training & deploying volunteers to operate pelican signals. 

The current status of buildings that would house the new  Bharosa centers of tri-commissionerates was reviewed. It was decided to deploy SHE Mobile toilets in dynamic routes across the city and monitor their locations, maintenance, and service from the Command Control center.

Administrative  issues such  as  projections on recurring costs for sustained maintenance of project and optimising  human resource, involving women forums of HCSC & SCSC,etc.,were discussed at length.

Addl.CP(Crimes & SIT), Mr.A.R. Srinivas; Addl.CP Traffic, Mr.G.Sudheer Babu; staff officers of IT cell and other officials of various Govt departments were present.

City Police Chief inspects new police stations

 Following the re-organisation of the city police, the city police chief Mr.CV Anand took to field today to inspect the new Police stations, ACP and DCP offices.  In the day long surprise checks, CP Anand took stock of the facilities, infrastructure, operational readiness, and facilities available to the general public in the south east and south zones.

He visited Saidabad PS , ACP office, Chandrayanagutta old PS, Santhosh nagar PS, Saidabad PS and the newly sanctioned woman police station for south east zone ,South east DCP office and the buildings for the newly created Bandlaguda PS , Chandrayangutta Traffic PS, Acp traffic south east and Acp Chandrayangutta.  He also reviewed the progress of construction of new buildings and renovation of existing buildings that would house the new units.

The DCPs and all staff officers were instructed to guide the petitioners and other visitors about the new police stations and offices and changes in jurisdictions. “Taking advantage of the fresh start, you should always maintain consistency in resolving grievances at the earliest and ensure pendencies never pile up in office functioning.” he said.  

“With a  futuristic vision the state Government reorganised the City Commissionerate and we are on the verge of getting more material & man power. You should focus on rendering police services more effectively.” he exhorted.

The supervisory officers of all units and PSs were asked to emphasize on creating better facilities for women police personnel and pursue the establishment files on high priority to stabilise the functioning. 

Sri.M.Srinivas IPS Jt.CP CAR Hqtrs, Sri.P.Sai Chaithanya IPS DCP South Zone and Sri.Chennuri Rupesh IPS DCP South East Zone were present.

CP congratulates two IPS officers on their promotion

 City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand congratulated two senior IPS officers of city police for their promotion and pipped the new insignia. Mr.Vikram Singh Mann IPS (1998 batch), Addl.CP(L&O), has been promoted to the rank of ADG. Mr.P.Viswa Prasad IPS(2005 batch), Jt.CP Special Branch, has been promoted to the rank of IGP.

 

CP Anand reviews pending crime cases with top cops

 City Police Commissioner Mr.CV Anand  held a long high-level crime review and also discussed several administrative issues concerning HCP with all ACP  and above rank officers in a meeting  here at Hyderabad City Police Commissionerate, TSPICCC.

The review was done on all the crimes pending for want of arrests, detection of property offences which is at a record 85 % ,investigation of some sensational cases ,FSL reports , charge sheets and ACP s were asked to specifically focus on them. Emphasizing on the importance of crime detection,CP Anand stressed on the concerted efforts among  clues teams and the investigative teams as it  allows for a more comprehensive approach in tracing, analysing patterns & Mos,  building evidence, database – all that helps in ensuring detection, conviction and prevention too. During the meeting threadbare discussion was also held regarding resolving grievances pertaining to cyber crimes and narcotics ,capacity building at PSs and quality investigations. 

 There was discussion on the reorganisation of Hyderabad City Police and the accommodation for the new police stations and acp/ dcp offices , men redistribution, vehicles etc.D-CAMO(Drones & Cameras Maintenance Organisation) is now operational and the expansion of cctv network was discussed.

Leveraging IT & Data Analytics, the “Fitcop” initiative, meant for monitoring and improving the health of police personnel, progressed by leaps and bounds covering 16,008 of the total HCP force.

The training initiatives, optimising human resources in CAR were widely deliberated.The officers had elaborate discussions on administrative issues,HCSC activities, E-office etc.,Addl.CP Traffic apprised the meeting on the status of Cantonment roads, special drive against illegal sirens, procuring modern gadgets and summer measures for field level personnel.

Furthermore, the meeting delved in detail about the performance of patrols and blue colts,  the effective functioning of the night round system etc., Sri.Vikram Singh Mann,Addl.CP L &O; Sri.G.sudheer Babu, Addl.CP Traffic; Sri. AR.Srinivas , Addl.CP crimes & SIT, all Jt.CPs and DCPs attended the meeting.