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1. NAGARIK COMMITTEE
& CLG
A Comprehensive Plan of Urban
Community Policing in Assam

2. C-Policing mechanism in operation
presently in the form of
 Village Defence Organisation in all villages
 Nagarik committees in Guwahati city
 Thana committees in each PS
 Community Liasion Group in District level

3. VDPs
Under one Secretary and a Naik, they form a
team in each village.
They attend monthly meetings in the police
station where O/C is the ex-officio
president.
They are given an honorium of Rs 500/-per
month, per VDP with provisions like
hurricane lamps, blankets, umbrellas & torch
lights etc.

4. Functions of VDPS
 Patrolling of the village at night.
 Information feedback to the police.
 Volunteers supply during election
duties, relief activities .
 Liaison with the police on local issues.

5. Though a successful experiment ,
Nagarik Committees in Guwahati city
had not become a system for want of
legal sanction.
Presently, the NCs are practically
not operational.
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6. There exists a system of
Thana Committee consisting
of men drawn from different
locations of the PS jurisdiction.
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7. CLGs are to be constituted as
per recommendation of UNITED
NATIONS Devlt. Project in three
lairs.
 Police Station level
 SP office
 DGP office
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8. While VDPs are actual participants in
policing, the role of the other categories
like Thana Committees and CLGs are
largely advisory.
Nearly 20,000 regstd and non-regstd
VDPs all over Assam will continue
to remain the mainstay of police-
public partnership in the rural areas.
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9. The new formulation provides for
removal of duplicity and proposes an
output oriented system of dovetailing
various police concerns with the felt
needs of the community.
The newly mooted concept will be
essentially for the urban areas and will
be officially called the CLGs and the
NCs
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10. Aim
The aim of the Nagarik Committee
is to involve the members of the
public towards evolving an orderly
and disciplined society in liaison
with police . It is aimed at
creating a better security system
and healthier life in a particular
locality.
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11. Objectives
The objective is to foster a
police public relation, coordination
through institutional mechanism
and participation of public to help
the law enforcing agencies for a
crime free society.
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12. The main objective is to monitor
each locality through Committees
and Sub-Committees having direct
interface with a team of police
men who will be entirely committed
to that beat of the ward.
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13. Structure of Nagarik Committees
 There will be one Committee in each
Municipal Ward. In case the Ward is too
large, not more than 2 Sub-Committees
will be formed per ward. The parent
committee may be represented by the
sub committees.
 There will be special Nagarik Committees
to represent specific social groups like
Rickshaw pullers Association, NGOs /
volunteers working for slum dwellers,
juvenile justice and women issues .

14. There will be a President, 1Vice-president,
1 Secretary, 1 Joint secretary and
15 members per NC. SCs will have a
different Jt Secy and 10 different
members. President and Secy will be
common for the entire ward.
The selection of the office bearers and
members of all the NCs & SCs will be valid
only after obtaining written approval of the
district SP
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15. The Officer –In- Charge, of the local
Police Station will be the Ex-Officio
Secretary . The President will be
selected by the members of the
locality including the SC areas.
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 The police I/Cs of the out posts will be
the Asstt Secy. Of the NCs. They will be
entitled to look after the functioning of
the SCs

16. The District level CLG will be
constituted by drawing the
President and the Joint Secy. of
each Nagarik Committee. The
Supdt. of Police will convene
quarterly meeting of the CLG
to take stock of various issues.
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17. Each committee will send five members
to constitute the Thana Committee.
These members will be from the main
Nagarik Committee and one member
from each sub - committee. Thana
Committee will meet once in a month
in the PS.
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The tenure of each Nagarik Committee
will be two years at the end of which
another committee will be constituted
with the approval of the District Supdt.
of Police.
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18. No office bearer of the committee will
be an official member of any political
party.
No person against whom there is a
police case of serious nature pending
will be a member of NC.
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19. 1 SI, 1 Hav and 2 constables will be deployed as
per availability per Nagarik Committee
jurisdiction from the nearest Police
Station/Out post. They will conduct all police
functions in that locality in conjunction with
the committees on a daily basis. This team will
be essentially dedicated for the locality only.
The NC/SC will be the beat for the police
team—They will not be used anywhere else
except in emergency.
In addition to normal police work, the beat officer
will visit houses of vulnerable categories like senior
citizens, children/women hostels etc on a regular
basis.
Police beat system
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20. The team will maintain a register on a
daily basis with counter signature of
the President/Jt Secy.
The telephone nos of the police team
and those of the committee members
will be with each other.
The beat officer will also keep mobile
nos of all watch and ward
and security staff of colonies and
establishments.
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21. Functions and Duties
To assist the Police in the maintenance
of law and order, peace and tranquility
whenever needed.
To carry out patrol and watch the area
allotted for the party to prevent theft,
burglaries, dacoities and other unlawful
activities for protection of lives and
properties.
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22. To ensure that no undesirable
element is admitted into the
organization and enlisted as
member of the Nagarik
Committee.
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23. Each Nagarik Committee will carry out a
thorough survey in their areas and maintain
proper record regarding permanent
residents, rented house, tenants, students’
mess, domestic helps and submit the same
to police promptly for verification.
Each Nagarik Committee will organize
night patrolling and the concerned O.C.
will provide police personnel to execute the
joint night patrolling.
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24. Each Nagarik Committee will keep a watch
over the growth of unauthorized gumties,
Pan shops, vendors, etc. blocking public
roads and foot path. In the event of any
such development, the Nagarik Committee
will inform the local O.C. who will take
immediate necessary action as per law and
in consultation with members of the
Committee.
The Committee shall also report earth
cutting or any other environmental
destructions.
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25. Nagarik Committee will also keep vigil
regarding new faces/strangers in the locality
and should immediately inform local O.C.
To carry on constructive works, other
welfare activities in the locality.
They will liaise effectively and assist the
Police in smooth maintenance of traffic.
They can settle minor community
disputes and petty nature offences in
consultation with Police.
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26. They will follow-up important police
decisions on matters pertaining to
their locality. For example, if an
area within a particular locality is
notified as NO PARKING ZONE ,
they will enforce the order even if
no police presence is there.
The Nagarik Committee will
appoint volunteers to assist traffic
police in maintenance of traffic.
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27. The Committee will liaise with business
outlets and inhabitants of various localities
and facilitate engagement of private patrol
parties against payment which will be made
voluntarily by the members of the concerned
locality/ business outlets. The Committee
will have a system of supervision of such
parties and record of the same will be
maintained by them.
Any other function earmarked by the
district CLG and Thana Committees.
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28. They will also bring to the notice of the
district CLG specific good work done by a
particular committee members or police
beat officer for which reward would be
given. Immediate disciplinary action will
also be taken against any malafide act of
any member or beat staff.
The district CLG will have a juvenile and
senior citizens units who will be
essentially looking after the issues of
these two categories of people in respect
of the entire areas of the municipality
areas.
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29. SWOT analysis
Strength :-
Weakness :-
Genuine police public partnership
1) Lack of motivation for important
opinion leaders
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2) Enthusiasm of the tout class
3) Lack of police manpower and resources
4) Lack of legal sanction.

30. Opportunity : -
1) To make the community work as a force
multiplier,
2) Enhance the information base for the police,
3) Bringing down the crime rate,
4) Make community realise the difficulties
of police,
5) Promotion of national security concerns .

31. 1) Resistance from most of the PS staff
for fear of over work
2) Transparency that will automatically
come about will not be welcome by some
3) Development of vested interest by
beat officer/staff for prolonged
acquaintance in a ward
Threat :-
4) Political interference,

32. Conclusion
It is reiterated that the system is an entirely a
voluntary one for incorporating the assistance
of civil society in police activities.
The members of any of the committee will
have no right whatsoever to claim any
financial return or to get a job in the police
department for his services.
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33. For all the legal purposes the Nagarik
Committees will be run as per the
provisions of the Assam Village Defense
Organizations Act 1966 (Assam Act XXII
of 1966) .
The District Supdt. of Police will issue
administrative orders to implement the
provisions laid herein
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34. The Dist Supdt of police will also be
empowered to issue necy orders to
take up measures like photography
and survey etc in the interest of
maintaining public order.
Govt will be moved accordingly to
incorporate these provisions by
amending VD Act.
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35. Thank You