The 58th Senior Police Officers’ Conference of Odisha will be held at the State Police Headquarters here on January 7 and 8. The Superintendents of Police of all districts, Commandants of all Armed Police Battalions, Range IGs and DGs, IPS officers under training, senior officers of various police establishments as well as the Home Guards and Fire Services organisations, Vigilance, State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation, prison organisation, OHRC and State Transport Authority will participate in the conference.
The conference will be inaugurated by DGP Sanjeev Marik on January 7 and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will be the chief guest at the valedictory session on January 8. During the conference, there would be deliberations on professional policing subjects like leftwing extremism, law and order situations, crime situations with emphasis on crime against women and children, improving quality of investigation and prosecution, human rights-related issues, protection of weaker sections, improving response at the police station level, community policing, successful implementation of the Mahila and Sishu Desks at the police stations, grievance redressal, etc., an official release said.
There will be presentation on different policing subjects by senior officers during the conference. There will also be open sessions for the district SPs to raise issues of their respective districts. A consolidated report will be compiled on the actionable points that emerge during the deliberations for appropriate action by the State Police Headquarters and the Government.
The conference is an annual exercise to review, introspect and debate on professional police subjects with a view to coming out with concrete action plans and strategies to handle current and emerging challenges in policing.