Non-performing Police Inspectors to be shunted

 

MASS reshuffle among station in-charges is on cards in Nagpur Police Commissionerate as top brass is keen to bring back experienced officers in key police stations. With Model Code of Conduct relaxed, Commissionerate is firming up plans to change the officers in charge at various police stations who are not upto mark. A section of Police Inspectors (PIs) would be transferred to side branch within next two weeks as they failed to control crime in their respective jurisdictions, claimed sources.

 

Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr Bhushankumar Upadhyay confirmed the information and told The Hitavada that four to five in-charges of police stations are likely to be entrusted new assignments very soon. These officers are currently posted at police stations but owing to various reasons they failed to impress the senior with handling of the affairs of police stations entrusted to them. S o u r ces informed that before codeofconduct for Lok Sabha polls came to fore, the top brass was forced to shift old guards of police stations to Crime Branch and other side branches.

 

This was necessitated as Commissionerate had to act as per the guidelines of Election Commission. Officers who completed three years in the respective district during the last four years or would be completing three years had to be transferred. A major concession provided to Commissionerate was that they could post such officers to side branch or otherwise earlier such officers were moved out of district. Acting on the guidelines, many good officers with proven track record were posted to side branch of city police and newly promoted officers were given the charge of police station. The inexperience resulted in the new officers failing to take grasp of station affairs. Many of them were new to city and were entrusted with sensitive police stations where they were done in by rivalry within constabulary thereby sinking their performance. Soon after the Lok Sabha elections, the city voted for Assembly elections and these officers remained on their chair with their lackluster performance.

 

As the Code of Conduct has been lapsed, these non-performing officers are most likely to be posted to side branch. A top official said, “Now, we have many choices to appoint experienced officers as in-charge of police station. Complaints against eight officers, including two of Crime Branch, have received during the last six months for their failure to control the crime.These officers were not working as per our expectations as far as detection of crime and preventive measures are concerned, they were not upto the mark. In-charge of police stations are the real commanders in the field if they are weak and bad administrators, the entire police personnel in that police station starts their arbitrary, the official further said.