Gujarat CM, Deputy CM address senior state police officers

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today called on the State Police Force to perform their primary duty of protecting people’s safety and security through transparency, decisiveness, sensitiveness and progressiveness.

Addressing the Senior IPS Officers Council here, he said that the image of the ruling class or the government depended on that of the police. It is for the police force to change their public perception by providing impression among the public that good governance is for the poor, have-nots and common man.

The Chief Minister said that it is high time that police stations are equipped with modern gadgets to provide impetus to the police personnel and increase their efficiency and productivity, maximum use of CCTV in crime control and research being one such technology. Such facility has been installed in Surat Municipal Corporation and Morbi through Public Private Partnership (PPP) with to set up Smart Police Stations.

Mr. Rupani also stressed on the need to modernize Police Force to check growing cyber crime, and making the recruitment process of youth more dynamic.

Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel said an impression should be created that the police is the protector and friend of the public while the criminal elements dare not indulge in crime. The Police Force’s top priority should be to check anti-social elements harassing and oppressing the innocent law-abiding citizens.

Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja said the team sprit between senior officers and subordinates is essential for the overall efficiency of the Police Force. He exuded hope that building up the right image of the police would establish the excellence of the force in the long run.

In the beginning, Additional Chief Secretary for Home M.S. Dagur explained the objectives of the council’s meeting.

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