Government to fill up 8,000 vacant posts in police department this year: Siddaramaiah

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Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File picture

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File picture | Photo Credit: PTI

The State Government volition capable up 8,000 vacant posts successful the constabulary section arsenic per the announcement made successful this year’s Budget, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assured connected Sunday (March 29, 2026).

Addressing the passing retired parade of the 46th batch of trainee Sub Inspectors of Police (Civil) astatine Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) successful Mysuru, Mr Siddaramaiah said the Government had filled up 4,911 vacant posts successful the section past 3 years including the 327 sub inspectors, who were inducted into work connected Sunday.

He reiterated the Government’s committedness to capable 8,000 vacant posts successful the location department.

Calling upon the constabulary officials to service the nine with integrity and honesty, Mr Siddaramaiah said the officers request not interest astir their household members portion they are connected duty.

Build a drug-free society

Emphasising the Government’s committedness to gathering a drug-free society, Mr Siddaramaiah called upon the constabulary unit to instrumentality enactment against those progressive successful the manufacture and merchantability of narcotics wrong their jurisdictions. 

He warned that drugs person a devastating interaction connected younker and that society’s well-being cannot beryllium preserved without eliminating this menace. “Honest efforts successful this absorption are essential”, helium said.

He said the constabulary should not compromise nether immoderate circumstances successful the transportation of justice. Discipline, restraint, honesty and humanity are indispensable successful constabulary service, helium said.

In presumption of the caste-based operation successful the society, Mr Siddaramaiah said it is the work of the constabulary to support the poor, Dalits, women and different susceptible sections of the society.

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, helium said that existent state is achieved lone erstwhile women tin determination freely astatine midnight without fear. Every idiosyncratic successful nine indispensable person entree to economical and societal equality. “Therefore, constabulary indispensable uphold justness without compromise and guarantee extortion and adjacent opportunities for all”, helium said.

Pointing retired that the constabulary unit relation arsenic representatives of the government, helium said their superior work is to support instrumentality and order.

Humanity

He besides advised the constabulary unit to enactment with humanity and support a affable attack towards the public. 

However, helium said determination is nary request for the constabulary to amusement immoderate leniency towards criminals portion compassion indispensable beryllium extended to the innocent.

He besides pointed retired that grooming should beryllium a continuous and integral portion of their nonrecreational beingness and stressed the value of utilizing the grooming they underwent to curb cybercrime and different newer forms of crime.

Quoting B. R. Ambedkar, Mr Siddaramaiah said a conscionable nine cannot beryllium built if powerfulness remains concentrated successful the hands of a few. The affluent whitethorn effort to misuse their fiscal influence, but constabulary indispensable not succumb to specified temptations, helium cautioned.

Published - March 29, 2026 03:14 p.m. IST

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