Since last month, the Colaba police have ensured that everyday their personnel visit the homes of at least five senior citizens and check on their welfare.

A fortnight ago, the Matunga police station sent notices to residential societies seeking details of senior citizens staying there.

For the past two weeks, the Kalachowki police have maintained a separate register on the number, name and details of every senior citizen visited daily.

The Azad Maidan police station has procured voters lists to identify senior citizens in its area.

A month after Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan issued all police stations a circular to implement measures for senior citizens’ safety, the cops have taken it to a new level of priority. Policemen have increased visits to homes, interacted with them on their problems and kept updating the data, which must be sent to headquarters.

Another circular, issued on Friday, directs police stations to send zonal DCPs weekly reports about the number of home visits made. These will be consolidated and sent to the ACP, Crime Branch.

“Earlier we counted senior citizens’ safety as an important responsibility but an additional one. Some senior citizens were listed and our beat marshals would visit them once a month or whenever they were free. Now, with crimes against senior citizens rising and following the circular, the police inspector holding the community portfolio has been given charge of maintaining updated data about senior citizens in every area,” said senior police inspector A Gadade of Bhoiwada.

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