Police commissioner Arup Patnaik has targeted policemen who do not attend to visitors at police stations and talk on their mobile phones for hours on end at police stations or at bandobast duty.
Police commissioner Arup Patnaik is tightening the screws on the force to ensure efficient service.
He has now targeted the cops who do not attend to visitors at police stations and talk on their mobile phones for hours on end at police stations or at bandobast duty. The top cop has said that any cop who neglects his duty and talks unnecessarily on phones could have his mobile confiscated.
The order adds that, if required, the policemen’s call logs will be checked and that they might be asked to dial the last called number to prove that the call was important.
According to the police sources, a recent notice issued by Patnaik, states that it has come to his notice that a lot of policemen have been found talking on their mobile phones unnecessarily, while complainants are being ignored and made to sit for hours at the police stations.
“Senior officers have been asked to order their subordinates to not speak on mobile phones when they have other duties and people to attend to. Also policemen on bandobast duty or VVIP security have been forbidden from talking on their mobile phone. They are permitted to take calls only in case of emergencies,” said deputy commissioner of police, operations, Rajkumar Vhatkar.
He added that, the instruction clearly states that, if a policeman is found talking on his phone unnecessarily, then the senior officers will have to check call logs and confirm if the call was important.
“There are some genuine calls from informers and sources that do keep policemen busy but the officers and constables are found talking on mobile phones for hours on many occasions. How can a policemen on bandobast or VVIP security duty be allowed to speak on the phone for hours by overlooking the security? If found that the call was unnecessary, then the mobile phone of the policemen should be confiscated. This is applicable for all the policemen in the city,” DCP Vhatkar said.
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