Hyderabad City: Hyderabad City Police Commissioner Mr. CV Anand IPS held a video conference with all SHOs and above rank officers. Also in attendance were all the available staff Home Guards, constables of the police stations.
CP informed them that a brief health survey of all police stations of west zone has revealed that almost 60 % of the staff is suffering from either diabetes, high BP or other life style diseases and their BMIs are beyond reasonable limits.
A health program is being initiated for the entire 17,000 commissionerate staff wherein firstly a master checkup will be done and then the correct diet, daily exercise and daily monitoring of health parameters will be done with an App which is being developed and will be launched soon. Spouses of all will also be involved in this process.
The CP warned all the SHOs and Officers regarding growing organized crime in some areas and proliferation of gaming dens, hookah and cross massage parlors. He informed that the connivance of sultan bazaar police has been found in registration of several gambling den cases by task force and also abuse of law in civil disputes which has led to suspension of the SHO Bixapathi and cautioned everyone that no one will be spared on this count
He asked all officers to focus on spurious seeds, installation of new and repair of old CCTVs. ACP and above rank officers to be available for petitioners from 3 to 5 pm daily and asked them to put up boards accordingly for public to know. Addl CP Law and Order Mr. Chauhan, Additional CP crimes Mr. Srinivas, Joint CP Traffic Mr. Ranganath and Joint CP Mr. Vishwaprasad told about their topics and alerted everyone. He made a detailed review on crime control, Law & Order, enforcement of city police act, patrolling systems. CP stressed on the need to control Gambling activities, Hukka parlours and pubs. While reiterating state Government’s firm stand on controlling the illicit trafficking and drug abuse, he exhorted all officers to take measures in their respective jurisdictions to make the city free from the scourge of organized crime.
“No individual is permitted to take out rallies without prior permission. The required permissions and renewals for various street activities has to be obtained. Public order on roads shouldn’t be disrupted by anyone.” said CP while instructing on the effective enforcement of city police act.
All officers were told to remain alert on sensitive communal issues that are often triggered through social media. As the spread of virus has gone down, it has been decided to restart the Cordon & Search operations in all zones.
In a bid to control the spurious seed, field level unit officers were instructed to maintain liaison with the departments concerned, and thorough checks at warehouses of distributors and retail sellers. PD act will be invoked on the repetitive offenders indulged in this dangerous trade which affects farmers and public.
To redress public grievances more effectively, CP Mr. Anand has also instructed all the officers to interact with the petitioners and the visitors from 3pm-5pm and display the timings boards in the reception areas. All SHOs were also instructed to take measures on reviving the feeds of defunct CCTV with the help of newly formed CCTV maintenance organization, a dedicated internal team of HCP that works on fixing, repairing and replacing CCTVs.
To increase the coverage, new CCTV installation at vital points will resume with the help of community and corporate sponsors. Traffic officials were instructed to initiate monsoon preparedness and ensure all the tools & machines are functional and available to clear the water logging points swiftly and chalking out contingency diversion plans. They were also apprised to enforce city police act effectively to tackle the wrong parking issue that often leads to traffic congestion.
For the welfare of the police personnel, an internal health app will be launched soon where all police personnel, instructors, dieticians and doctors will be on board to track the health status, and to suggest diet & exercise plans. Helping hand foundation tasked to conduct this program leveraging WHO standards.
Enhancing internal operations efficiency, communication network, personnel matters and other administrative issues were discussed in detail.
Police commissioner appreciated all the officers for their outstanding efforts in handling a series of religious processions, bandobusts, tackling agitations and other sensitive issues in the previous month.
Our Citizen Reporter
B. Bharath Reddy
