Enhance working capabilities to deliver better: DGP to Police officers

STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: Director General of Police R R Swain on Monday urged the senior police officers to enhance working capabilities to deliver better. Director General of Police, R.R. Swain on Monday chaired a meeting of all senior police officers of different wings across J&K and reviewed the police functioning at Zonal, Range and District levels besides of other wings of the organization.

Swain visits injured Police Inspector, family in SKIMS ICU
SRINAGAR: The Director General of Police J&K, R R Swain on Monday in the evening visited SKIMS to know the welfare and enquire about the health condition of Police Inspector Masroor Wani who was attacked by a terrorist with pistol shots while he was playing cricket with other members of the local community. The DGP was accompanied by ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, SSP Srinagar Ashish Mishra and other jurisdictional officers.
While enquiring about the health condition of the officer Medical Superintendent Farooq John explained that the officers medical condition is still critical, who continues to be on life support systems.
The DGP directed for best possible treatment be given to the ailing police officer.
Swain also had a separate and long conversation with the father of the police officer and assured the father that all possible help will be provided.
He informed father of injured Inspector that Home Minister Amit Shah, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) R. K Goyal and other top ranking officers are inquiring about the health of injured officer on daily basis.
The DGP handed over Rupees 1 lakh as financial assistance to the family for meeting the medical attention related immediate expenses.
The DGP assured the family that the Government and Police department will provide all help including airlift of officer outside UT as and when required. The DGP said that the prayers of thousands of Police personnel and common citizens are with family and therefore the family should remain brave.

The new DGP interacted with senior officers in the PHQ and also various wings of Jammu and Kashmir Police. Outstation officers in the Kashmir Valley and remote districts of Jammu province too participated in the meeting.
At PHQ the meeting was attended by Director SKPAU Garib Dass, IGP Jammu Zone Anand Jain, IGP CID Nitish Kumar, IGP Hqrs/CIV PHQ B S Tuti, IGP Armed Jammu M N Tiwari, DIsG Dr Sunil Gupta, Shakti Pathak, Shridhar Patil, Haseeb ur Rehman, Sarah Rizvi, Nisha Nathyal & Javid Iqbal Matoo, all district SSsP of Jammu Zone (except Samba & Ramban) and all AIsG of PHQ.
ADGsP S. J. M. Gillani, Vijay Kumar, DsIG Sujit Kumar, Vivek Gupta, M Suleman Choudhary, Dr Haseeb ul Mughal, Shahid Mehraj, Abdul Qayoom, Altaf Ahmad Khan, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, all district SSsP of Kashmir Zone, SSP PCR Kashmir, SSP Ramban and SSP Samba attended the meeting through video conferencing.
During the meeting the discussions were held in an informal environment to identify the challenges, the work environment related difficulties, as also difficulties in planning and executing responses that are practical and effective.
The DGP took note of the issues raised in the meeting and said, it is absolutely necessary that leaders of the force at different levels must unhesitatingly interact with their junior colleagues and take their feedback so that the police and law enforcement responses are cost effective, public friendly and aligned to national security interests.
The DGP said that it was a great pleasure and privilege for him to have an interaction with all the senior officers of a professional force at a big platform for the 1st time after assuming the charge.
He said that Jammu and Kashmir Police has faced many challenges with fortitude and have made a top position among the different forces of the country. He emphasized upon the officers that there is no looking back rather to look forward to enhance our capabilities of working & functioning to deliver better to the people. He advised for developing competence of personnel in dealing with public, crime, law & order, and generating human intelligence etc.
The DGP directed the officers to work out measures to enhance professional ethics among the personnel and to ensure transparency and accountability in the working. “There should be no hesitation in self correction”, Swain said adding that one should take pride in self correction. He directed for optimum use of resources. He ensured that at PHQ level all possible support and resources will be provided to augment and strengthen the working & functioning.
The DGP urged officers to ensure that welfare of personnel should be taken care of at different levels. The senior officers briefed the DGP regarding the functioning of different units and measures taken to extend better police service to the people.