The senior superintendent of police Pauri Jagat Ram Joshi sounded annoyed over some theft cases in Pauri and Srinagar remaining un-cracked and also the unsolved vehicle lifting case reported from laxmanjhula and urged the members of the force to be more vigilant and go all- out to clamp down on crimes. He was addressing a seminar arranged in Pauri on Friday. The seminar was preceded by a police parade where the members of the force from the top down participated. A competition to showcase talent was organised on the occasion. Besides, the personnel showed their preparations to take on any disaster that might befall the district. The skill of crowd control management was shown too. The SSP felicitated thirteen police personnel for their exemplary works.
The seminar was focused on the problems the members of the police force are facing. The district police top brass heard out the grievances and assured of prompt rederessal. The police personnel said that the police stations and chowkis should be equipped with fans, coolers, television sets and the like. SSP Joshi asked the officers concerned to fit the police stations and posts with such items from the police personnel welfare fund. Joshi exhorted all the members of the force to develop soft skills and also empathy for the unprivileged section of the people.
He stressed on thorough verification of the migrants settling in different areas of the district. Vigilance must be maintained too on the inter-district borders to curb crimes, he said. He also cautioned them on the drunk driving and overloading menace.