Grappling with a manpower shortage and facing new challenges, the Gurugram Police are set to get around 350 more traffic personnel in a bid to curb the traffic mess in the city. These personnel will be recruited as Special Police Officers and deployed across the city.
Former Army personnel, ex-employees of Haryana State Industrial Security Force, which was disbanded and 819 Haryana Armed Police (HAP) personnel who retired in 2004, will be preferred for recruitment.
The city police are likely to get 350 SPOs of the 1,500 being recruited by the department across the State to augment the police force. The police are currently short of 900 officers and it is expected that the recruitment of these SPOs would act as a force multiplier.
The Gurugram police are also expecting 350 new police personnel to join the city police traffic department after they pass out of police training academy in Sunaria. However, till the time these recruits join the police force, the plan is to hire 350 person on contract, who will be paid a monthly honorarium of Rs 14,000.
The Gurugram police have sent the proposal to the Haryana Police Head Quarters and the SPOs will be recruited as soon as the permission is granted. “The SPOs will be ex-soldiers of the army. The reason for their appointment as traffic cops is that they are fit and are very disciplined. They will work in two shifts of 12 hours each,” Commissioner of Gurugram police, Sandeep Khirwar, said. The Commissioner said the recruits of around 1500 personnel of the Haryana police is in under process and will be joining soon.
After getting these 350 personnel the Gurugram police strength would be increased to 4,220. At present, the Gurugram police personnel total strength is around 3,870. “The new recruits will join the department in the coming months. With their presence, our department will become more effective. It will certainly help us to manage crime and traffic better,” Khirwar, said.