Missing persons bureau in every commissionerate
To enable coordination of information on missing persons, West Bengal Police has decided to set up a Missing Persons Bureau in every commissionerate. As a part of the efforts towards coordination of information, the state police is also setting up a database of missing persons.
For a start, 30 police officers have been selected for manning the bureaus in five commissionerates. Gradually, bureaus would be set up in all the eight commissionerates. Two commissionerates were created recently, in Haldia and in Kharagpur.
Till now, the Missing Persons Bureau of CID was the sole agency responsible. To reduce pressure on it, the government has decided to set up a bureau in each commissionerate, each of which is responsible for a group of, mostly urban, police station areas.
Many times it happens that a person returns home, but the information does not reach the police. Sometimes the family does not inform the police; and then too, it is difficult for the single bureau under the CID to deal with missing persons’ information from across the state. Hence, to spread the responsibility, in order to have up-to-date information, West Bengal Police has taken this decision, which is indeed commendable.
