Amid the third wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, Jharkhand Police DGP Neeraj Kumar Sinha has directed all district police to follow the protocols and pandemic appropriate behaviour while dealing with the law and order.
Sources in the police said that state police headquarters has directed that any such persons arrested for any crime have to be taken for the Covid 19 test. Besides, police stations will ensure an isolation centre to keep the arrested accused to avoid any possibility of the spread of the pandemic.While police personnel on duty are following protocols like face-mask and physical distancing, the police headquarter has asked SPs of all concerned districts to prohibit people from entering police stations without masks.
It has also been said that provision for the dropbox and shielded help desks should be made at each police station besides regular sanitization work.“Two days back we received instructions from our seniors to follow Covid 19 protocols which were released during the first and the second wave.
Unnecessary gathering at the police station will have to be avoided and nobody will be allowed without a mask at the police station,” said an official of Gonda police station in Ranchi.As nearly the entire police force of Jharkhand has been vaccinated on this date, 7830 police personnel of Jharkhand Police were tested positive from April 1, 2020, out of which 44 lost their life.
Affected personnel included 29 IPS, 10 ASP, 79 DSP, 177 inspectors, 722 sub-inspectors and 625 sub-inspectors. Even during the third wave a couple of IPS officials have been tested positive. Jharkhand Police has a total strength of 69,454 out of which 67,999 have taken their first dose.