In a first of its kind gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will directly reach out to all policemen across the country on Republic Day.
All the police personnel across the country are expected to receive an SMS from Modi on the day. The Prime Minister is said to have expressed his desire during the just concluded three-day DGPs’ conference held in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, official sources said.
Modi said it was necessary to have a list of contact details of all policemen and asked the State DGPs to prepare the list before January 26 so that he could send the SMSes on Republic Day.
Highlighting the positive effects of yoga on people’s body and mind, Modi suggested that every policeman should practice yoga and if necessary, police stations should hire yoga teachers for the benefit of the security personnel.
The Prime Minister strongly pitched for use of traditional media and social media by policemen for their advantage, saying that they cannot shy away from changing time and technology. He advocated pro-active interactions between policemen and journalists — both print and television — to put across police point of views in any subject so that misgivings about police is removed.
The Prime Minister told the top police officers of the country that local communities must be taken into confidence in policing and technology should be used in tackling crimes. “Police forces should establish links with local communities and one way of doing this is to celebrate the successes and achievements of people in the community,” he said.