Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the main priority of his government is to strengthen policing as the people had lot of expectations from the force and wanted that they should maintain peace. He asked that every policemen should understand the importance of his work and the dignity of their office and duty, and must provide immediate assistance to the victims.
Akhilesh Yadav was addressing the police force soon after paying tribute to those who laid down their lives while serving for the country last year. Stressing to give special attention to vulnerable class (women, children, old-age citizens etc) and minority groups Akhilesh said here on Monday that the crime trend is changing very fast with new challenges coming everyday before the members of law enforcing agencies so they must kept themselves ready to face any task by adopting new technologies both in crime control as well as in investigation.
Chief Minister said that special attention should be paid to the training of the police force, and it should not be just confined to the recruit training but special training workshops must be also organised at regular intervals during entire service period as it is very crucial that the cops should be physically fit and have knowledge of all gadgets and technologies available with the Department to meet any challenges. He directed the Principal Secretary Home and DGP to pay special attention to the training of the police force.
Stressing to have more hi-tech control rooms just on the lines of one recently opened in Kanpur, Akhilesh said that they must have more such control rooms which should be equipped with Close Circuit Televisions (CCTVs), GPS Equipped police patrol vehicles and other modern technologies. He said that soon such Control Rooms will be opened in lucknow, Allahabad and Ghazibad also. He said that officers should impart such training to staff deployed in Control Rooms who attend any SOS in proper manner so that the caller must have trust to get immediate and quick relief. He said that police officers deployed in Control Rooms will be given a special allowance per month.
He asked the cops to give a peaceful atmosphere as it will not just facilitate industrialisation but will also put the state on path to progress. Chief Minister said that communal harmony should be maintained at any cost so that no one should feel insecure in the State. Assuring of giving better facilities to the force personnel, Akhilesh Yadav said that soon they will construct barracks in all the police stations and will also ensure that each police station would have a visitors rooms. He said that they already fulfilled the promises made for the Department like increase in the uniform washing allowance, house allowance given to the cops living in barracks, etc. They also gave them promotional avenues besides making the physical test like 10 KMs race more easier so that no cops should be deprived off from promotional benefits. He also announced
to increase nutrition allowance for all non-gazetted officers by Rs 200 per month. Akhilesh also met the widows of police officers and honoured them by offering a Shawl and Rs 25000 in cash. Earlier welcoming the guests, director general of police Dev Raj Nagar said that last year 117 policemen in the State had laid down their lives while serving for the country. Chief Secretary Jawed Usmani, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Rakesh Garg, Principal Secretary Home Anil Gupta, besides other dignitaries were also present on the occasion to pay their tribute to police martyrs.