AP Govt to strengthen Forensic Labs
Hyderabad, Jan 8 (INN): Realizing the importance of having a full-fledged Forensic Science Service, for effective enforcement of law and efficient administration of justice, the Andhra Pradesh Government has laid special emphasis on leveraging the advances in Science and Technology for prevention, control and detection of crime in a timely manner to ensure public safety, stability and security in the state which is paramount to overall development of the newly formed state.
At a meeting in the presence of the Chief Secretary I.Y.R. Krishna Rao held today, Dr. Gandhi P C Kaza, Advisor to the Government Forensic and Allied Police Support Services, Andhra Pradesh briefed about the master plan for development of Forensic Science Services in Andhra Pradesh State. Forensic Science simply means science applied for law enforcement and justice administration. Science, here, denotes all natural sciences such as Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Genetics etc., as well as social sciences like Psychology, Anthropology, Medicine, Engineering, Commerce, Law and Arts and any other branch of human knowledge.
Gandhi said that A.P. State FSL used to be the No. 1 in the country till 2007 catering not only to the AP state requirements but also to most of the other states as well as central agencies like CBI, CVC, RBI etc., in sensational cases. Now the bifurcated Andhra Pradesh state has 5 Regional Forensic Laboratories (RFSLs) at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, Kurnool and Tirupathi.
AP State FSL to Adopt a New Proactive Model in place of Reactive Model. In the traditional Reactive Policing Mode, responses of the police start after the incident. Whereas in the Proactive Mode proposed now, much before the incident is reported, the linking data relating to the evidences, crimes and criminals will be collected and stored in the online database for issuing timely alerts and actions to avert potential crimes and also apprehend the suspects before even the commission of crime. Tracking, Trailing and Tracing the actions of perpetrators and their movements leveraging the advances in Science and Technology will be an integral and pivotal part of the new model.
When the new AP state is planning to have world-class cities and world-class infrastructure and so on, there is a need to ensure better public safety and citizen satisfaction towards the governance systems. Establishing an effective Forensic Science facility is a key to ensure better public safety and public satisfaction and confidence in the governance process which can reduce crime rates and increase conviction rates, if properly planned and implemented, Chief Secretary opined.
The present proposal will bring glory by establishing an ultra modern lab to cater not only to the state's needs but also to that of other government and non-government agencies.
News Posted: 8 January, 2016
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