Governor Mangubhai Patel has asked the trainee IPS officers to use their talent and knowledge to create such an environment in which citizens fear and respect the law instead of being afraid of law enforcers. No innocent should get punished. He said that the role of IPS officers is important in creating a sensitive and professional identity of the police force.
Governor Mangubhai Patel was addressing the trainee officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre of 74th batch of Indian Police Service at Raj Bhavan today. Governor Patel said that the responsibility of IPS officers is not only limited to law and order and upright conduct to uphold the rule of law and the general concept of our democratic polity, but is also the test of confidence of the common citizens. Common people see IPS officers as the custodians of law and order who help in ensuring justice.
Governor Patel said that being an IPS officer, you will have a crucial responsibility on your shoulders. It is a service which is one of the pillars of our national administrative system. He said that the IPS officer gets special rights and powers, which actually become a means of serving the people. The primary duty of an IPS officer is to serve the common citizens and ensure that the poorest of the poor, the underprivileged and the last man in the row gets justice.
Patel said that governments keep on coming and going, officers are representatives of continuity in the system and the Constitution. Everyone is also expected to protect the dignity of the law. He said that IPS is that rare job in which one gets the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of thousands of people, not just a few. It should be used for the building of the nation and the society. As an officer of the police forces, one can contribute effectively in building the nation-society by setting one's own example of performing one's duty without fear, favoritism and delay.
The Governor received introduction from the trainee IPS officers. It was told that out of 09 Indian Police Service officers of Madhya Pradesh cadre of 74th batch, 4 are from Madhya Pradesh, 2 from Uttar Pradesh and 1 each officers are residents of Karnataka, Rajasthan and Delhi. All officers have undergone basic training at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad. At present they will undergo practical training for 29 weeks at various places and institutes in their cadre state Madhya Pradesh. They will be given 04 weeks training at Madhya Pradesh Police Academy, Bhopal. The remaining training will be provided in the districts of posting. During the training, the officers will get familiar with the administrative procedures, local legislation, geographical landscape and culture of Madhya Pradesh.
Additional Director General of Police Training Anuradha Shankar and Deputy Secretary to the Governor Swarochisha Somavanshi were present. Programme was conducted by Malay Jain, Deputy Director Training of Police Academy.