Gurgaon,Haryana Gets Its First All-Women Police Station

To address the nearly 9,000 women-related crimes in Haryana, the state has launched its first ever all-women police station in Gurgaon. While there will still be some male support, all key operational decisions will be entirely taken by a rank-and-file women police officials.

Haryana, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, has in fact recorded 8,974 cases of crimes against women, including 3,501 cases of dowry harassment, 1,174 rapes cases and 230 cases gang rapes,

Much castigated for its low sex ratio, Haryana has been attempting an image makeover of late and this is the state's latest attempt at appearing more women-friendly.

A two-storey building in Gurgaon's Sector 51 — until now the office of the traffic police — is being converted into a "one-stop shop" police station for women according to Gurgaon police commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk

Inspector Umesh Bala, who has been selected to head Haryana's first all-women police station, told that most complaints in the area were about women being stalked or sexually harassed.

The police station will be staffed by 27 women police personnel — a station house officer, two sub-inspectors, three assistant sub-inspectors, four head constables and 16 constables. A unit of the Haryana Mahila Rapid Action Force too will be stationed at the police station at all times to deal with emergencies. An ACP-rank officer will be in overall charge of the police station - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/gurgaon-will-have-a-police-station-for-women-by-women/#sthash.Px9aE04E.dpuf

Note

According to a recent report by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, women make up only 6.11 %of India's 2.3 million police force

India has met with success earlier with all-women police stations in states such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.