In order to improve the law and order situation in the State and to improve public access to the police, the director general of police BS Sidhu announced some decisions taken by the State police including posting of officers in some areas and increase in authority of some officers.
Addressing the media in Dehradun, Sidhu said that following reports of complainants approaching court to direct the police to lodge their complaints after failure of district police to register complaints, he said that it was felt that additional superintendents of police and deputy superintendents of police were not taking proper initiative which was affecting the law and order situation in the districts.
To tackle this anomaly, the State police, while keeping in view expansion of their authority and security of tenure, has decided that the police HQ will appoint a DSP Civil in Haridwar district, DSP Roorkee in Haridwar, DSP Haldwani in Nainital district, DSP Rudrapur and DSP Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district, DSP City and DSP Civil in Dehradun district and DSP Kotdwar in Pauri district.
The appointments of DSPs to other circles in the district will be made by the district in-charge on the recommendation of the Range DIG. If they disagree, the final decision will be taken by the IG (law and Order). The appointments of DSPs to other circles in the district will be made by the district in-charge on the recommendation of the Range DIG.
If they disagree, the final decision will be taken by the IG (law and Order). The ASPs (City and Rural) will also have the authority to transfer investigation of a case from one police station to another and changing the investigator. Sidhu said that these decisions have been taken to improve the policing in the State and make the police more accessible to the public.