PATNA: In tune with CM Nitish Kumar’s take care of to tone up the law enforcement administration, recently appointed DG-cum-commandant common of property guards and hearth services Shoba Ohatker has asked all the district commandants to make certain that property guard jawans are good and properly dressed.
Ohatker informed this newspaper she would go away no stone unturned to make house guards a single of the ideal police forces in the state in days to occur. “One can soon locate effectively dressed property guard jawans matching their counterparts serving in other law enforcement organisations,” she stated.
Ohatker, a 1990-batch IPS officer who was promoted to DG rank recently, swung into motion before long after assuming cost of dwelling guards and fire products and services on January 1. She held a series of meetings with district commandants and other officers. Even on Friday, she was chaotic keeping conferences with the officers anxious at the headquarters.
Ohatker, acknowledged as a no-nonsense officer, explained, “I have charted out a comprehensive system to improve the people’s perception about the dwelling guards. The jawans will not only be properly dressed, disciplined and good looking but also experienced to take care of complex weapons. The pot-bellied jawans will be taken to process. They have been asked to examine their waistline and body weight on a standard basis.”
The DG mentioned emphasis would be on teaching of the jawans. Of 55,000 property guard jawans, about 34,000 are successful and they have been deployed at various law enforcement stations in the condition and places of work of the governing administration establishments.
“Our adult men need to be clearly recognized between the cops on obligation,” the DG explained, including the point out govt recently permitted quality pay out band of Rs 2,000-Rs 2,400-Rs 2,800 for property guard jawans on par with law enforcement personnel.
Ohatker informed the officers at the conference that the property guard jawans have been undertaking duty in tandem with the condition police pressure. “Yet they had been typically charged with staying lax in duty. This really should not be the case now,” she stated.
Equally, strategies are afoot to revamp the condition fireplace expert services. The DG explained the group was confronted with workers crunch, but the challenge will be sorted out soon. “The response time of the fire tender (auto) will be reduced. Buy of equipment and applications to deal with hearth incidents are on playing cards,” she added.