Revanth Reddy releases Telangana women police conference book

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday unveiled the Telangana women police conference book at the B R Ambedkar Secretariat and directed officials to strengthen women’s leadership in the force.

He released two publications during a special programme — a special edition on the Telangana women police conference and the 2025 annual journal of the Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy Telangana State Police Academy. The Chief Minister praised the role of women personnel in maintaining law and order, crime investigation, traffic regulation and bandobast duties.

He said the Police Academy’s effort to document the challenges faced by women police and to suggest measures for their professional growth was commendable. Moreover, he asked senior officers to study best practices followed in states such as Tamil Nadu in recruitment, training and career progression of women personnel.

Telangana women police conference calls for structural reforms

Referring to the Telangana women police conference recommendations, the Chief Minister ordered the formation of a special team to conduct field-level assessments. He asked officials to frame new policies to enhance leadership skills among women in the police force.

He stressed the need to provide better infrastructure to address professional difficulties faced by women staff. These included dedicated rest rooms in police stations, child care centres, mobile toilets during bandobast duties and two-wheelers suited for patrol work.

Senior officials present at the event included Director General of Police B. Shivdhar Reddy, Police Academy Director Abhilasha Bisht, Anti-Corruption Bureau in-charge Director, CID Additional DGP Charu Sinha, TGCSB Director Shikha Goel, SPF Director General Swati Lakra and Intelligence Additional DGP Vijay Kumar, among others.

The conference also noted that the representation of women must increase not only in the law and order wing but also in armed forces and battalions. It recommended expanding women’s participation in other wings on the lines of the existing 33 per cent reservation in the civil police.

Further, the meet suggested assigning police station responsibilities to women officers to break outdated practices. It also called for reforms from the training stage to promote gender equality and professional skills. The Chief Minister proposed setting up a DGP-level committee to review uniform standards to ensure comfort during duty.