Gurugram police to get 1,170 personnel

By next week, the Gurugram police are likely to get a nod from the government to recruit 1,170 additional personnel for 10 police stations in the city, police commissioner KK Rao said Saturday.

Police officers said the demand for more personnel has been pending since 2005, and once all approvals come through, they will be finally able to deal with the problem of staff shortage.

Officials said Rao had sent a proposal in this regard to the police headquarters last month, following which the headquarters, after approval, forwarded it to the state Home department. The proposal is, at present, waiting for an approval from the finance minister.

The city will get the maximum share of constables this year from the state government, said police.

“Presently, all staff members posted at the police stations are burdened as they are short of manpower. Many police personnel are assigned law-and-order duty and other major programmes besides investigation of cases. We need adequate staff to improve patrolling in the city and for speedy investigations,” Rao said.

For far too long, the police said, shortage of manpower has affected investigation of cases, night patrolling and administrative work at various police stations.

The police are facing a shortage of around 1,254 personnel in the ranks of inspectors, sub-inspector, assistant sub-inspector, hampering investigations. The sanctioned post for the city is 6,754, of which only 5,500 are filled.

Apart from them, 1,100 special police officers and home guards are also deployed, who mainly take care of traffic violations, are deployed in the city.

According to Rao’s proposal, the city will get 10 inspectors, 90 sub-inspectors, 110 assistant-sub-inspectors, 39 head constables, 540 constables, and 30 helpers. The city presently has 36 police stations, three women police station, one cyber-crime and two traffic police stations.

“Given the increasing workload of the police and the shortage of manpower, we are unable to do justice to our many duties. Since crime investigation is our core mandate, we need more people who can attend to complaints at the police station and start investigation at the earliest. This will ensure better service to the public,” Rao said.

The proposal was made in the wake of the increase in urban population and new police stations which were set up.

Over the last one decade, the number of police stations in the city has increased from 26 to 42, which include three women police stations.

Presently, all staff members posted at police stations are burdened as they are short of manpower. Many police personnel are assigned law-and-order duty, besides investigation. KK RAO , police commissioner