In order to enforce prompt policing in the capital, the Director General of Police Rajiv Kumar has directed Ranchi Police to introduce swine patrolling in the city.
The DGP along with the IG (Ranchi Zone) MS Bhatia, DIG Sheetal Oraon and SSP Saket Kumar was on a surprise inspection to take stock of the situation of police stations in the city late on Monday night. According to the DGP, Swine patrolling is a concept introduced by the English in the Country is there in the Jharkhand Police manual which needs to be followed for an effective patrolling in the city.
“Although crime graph of the city is under control, I am a bit concerned about the recent incidents of burglary which could be controlled by efficient patrolling by the police party,” said the DGP. Swine patrolling is a system which was developed by the English in the Country and is there in Jharkhand Police manual. It reduces the chances of negligence on the part of police personnel and enforcing patrolling of the area in an efficient way.
According to the system, patrolling teams are given three types of placards having one, two and three holes in it. Each patrolling parties have to put these placards at the specified places while they cross the area within the given period of time. The officer in charge of the area will keep a tab on the specified points to check whether the patrolling party has visited the area or not.
“This is a very effective system also time tested since a long time to ensure prompt patrolling in the area,” added the DGP. The DGP admits that there is a shortage of manpower in the some of the police stations which will be taken care of soon. “I also found that records are not being maintained properly in some of the police stations and an officer in charge had kept it at his home,” said Kumar.
The DGP has directed all the OCs to properly maintain the day to day records and suspended Inspector of Jagannathpur Police Station Ramprawesh Singh. He also stressed on the proper monitoring of city control rooms by the senior officers to avoid any untoward incident. Process of introducing computerized map in each police station is on having unique symbols on it specifying the routes of all police personnel and all sensitive spots of the area.