Two days left for the Director General of Police Uttarakhand, MA Ganapathy to leave the State to take up his four-year Central Government deputation posting as additional DG (CISF), the State police chief said while talking to The Pioneer on Saturday that around 60 per cent of the police personnel here need to be given on-the-spot training to maintain the expected level of professionalism in the force.
At the same time, he claimed that he is leaving a legacy of professionalism in the force which should be maintained and even further enhanced in the coming years. However, he could not help expressing his regret over being shifted out of the State when the good works he has done for the State have started showing results.
“I am not meaning the conventional type of training that is given during workshops or the like. I mean that 60 percent of the force needs to learn things while on duty. Sending them to difficult errands is part of such training and while discharging duties they would learn things on their own through trial and error about how to tackle difficult situations,” he said.
While claiming that Uttarakhand is figuring high in terms of policing efficiency among the States of the Union, the 1986 batch IPS officer said that the State figures among the five top States in the list, almost standing equal to well-policed States like Telangana, Tamil Naidu and Gujarat.
“This is a matter of great satisfaction for me when I am leaving the State after serving it for one year and four months,” he added. “I am happy that some works have been done in the State police in this short space of time which have induced professionalism in the force,” he said.
listing his achievements, he said that the State police force has remained un-smeared by any corruption charge involving the officials and the personnel. “Besides, keeping in view the alarming trend of the tech-savvy criminals changing the texture of crimes, the sub-inspectors are being imparted the basic cyber training to help them crack such cases sans facing technical glitch,” he said.
He further claimed that the force under him had cracked almost all the crime cases like murder, abduction and burglary soon after they had been reported with those involved having been booked and thrown behind the prison walls. “Besides, taking a serious note of the migration of the youths from the hills to the plains in search of better livelihood opportunities, we have taken a decision that the policemen of the rank of head constables and constables from civil police and fire service would be transferred to their home districts if they hail from the hills.
We have received many such applications from them, seeking to be shifted to the districts they are from. It would help the economic rejuvenation of the hills as the police personnel would settle down there again with their families,” he said.
Quizzed on the recent spate of ATM cloning, robbing around hundred bank account holders of their hard-earned money in Dehradun itself, Ganapathy said that these cases could hardly be termed as cyber crimes. “It is more of ATM cloning rather than of the nature of what we understand as typical cyber crime cases. Aside from Uttarakhand, such crimes have happened in many other States in the recent past. However, let me assure the people here that the crimes would be cracked soon. Things are progressing fast,” he said.
However, the experience-hardened, seasoned police officer could not suppress his regret over being shifted out of the State before he could complete the things started after he assumed charge as the State police chief. “I hope the people here would remember me for the works I have done for them,” he said.