Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik is refurbishing the public image of the city police force and has strongly warned his policemen to keep away from politicking and working at cross- purposes.
At a marathon meeting with officers of the rank of senior inspector of police and above which lasted for over seven hours on Sunday last, he said that he would not tolerate mischief- mongers and policemen involved in criminal activities.
He further warned that " I will not tolerate indiscipline from policemen and police officers working against the interest of the city force and other fellow police officers in the force.
Don't attempt to play any kind of mischief with me as I will initiate strict action against mischief- mongers and dismiss them from the force if they are found to be guilty of flouting service rules." Apparently, the warning was issued to senior police officials to keep away from jeopardising the policing work and improving performance levels by bringing in accountability in the city force at all levels.
Since he took over as city police chief, Patnaik has been tightening the functioning of the force from the Joint Commissioner of Police rank to below. Last Friday and Saturday, he had a series of meetings with all the Additional Commissioners of Police and Deputy Commissioners of Police, where he took stock of the detection rate in their jurisdiction.
The rise in the number of chain- snatching cases, house- breaking and dacoities in the last three months was discussed threadbare at these meetings and Patnaik drew out a plan to revive the local information network at the police station level and involve the constabulary in crime detection.
Last week, Patnaik had got the wireless department to rectify the Global Position System of combat and patrol vehicles, which was malfunctioning, to enhance the strike capacity and intercept criminals fleeing in stolen getaway vehicles after committing a crime.
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