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To amended the representation of the constabulary department, the Karnataka constabulary main has instructed unit “to support a neat quality and due azygous standards”. This is among the 18-point absorption fixed by him to the fertile and file.
In a circular issued earlier this week, Director-General and Inspector-General of Police M.A. Saleem said that “a well-dressed serviceman commands respect successful nine and reflects subject and professionalism”, urging ranks and record to instrumentality pridefulness successful their appearance.
In the 18-point circular, Mr. Saleem emphasised connected “creating a amended cognition and showcasing transparency, accountability and courteousness portion connected duty.”
Not force, but service
Speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Saleem, said, “Police should not beryllium seen arsenic a ‘force’ but arsenic a ‘service’. Every serviceman portion of the work should person discipline, beryllium courteous and transparent portion performing his duty,” helium said, portion adding that the directions are besides for the unit who execute their duties successful mufti (plainclothes).
“Police unit should behave courteously with the radical visiting presumption irrespective of their presumption and redress their contented without delay. The constabulary should person precocious motivation standards adjacent disconnected duty, “ Mr. Saleem said.
Treating women
The circular, among different things, stated that women and children visiting stations should beryllium treated with respect and care, and successful lawsuit of inquiries, officials should refrain from summoning women to the presumption but should behaviour enquiry astatine their residence successful the beingness of a pistillate constabulary officer. The accused women should not beryllium kept successful the presumption astatine immoderate outgo beyond 6 p.m., and successful lawsuit of arrest, she should beryllium handed implicit to the authorities location for women.
The State constabulary caput besides reminded the constabulary unit to deterioration assemblage cameras for transparency and accountability. Addressing the contented of constabulary often turning distant nationalist saying that the ailment lies beyond their jurisdiction, the circular said that successful specified cases, a zero FIR should beryllium filed astatine the presumption earlier being referred to the 1 concerned.
