The government has appointed commissioners of police as the Member Secretary of the District Police Complaints Authority functioning out of police commissionerates in the State.
Mangaluru City Police Commissioner M. Chandra Sekhar will be the member secretary for the authority in Dakshina Kannada district, for which the Regional Commissioner, Mysuru, is the chairperson.
Powers
The authority is empowered to inquire into custodial deaths, grievous injuries, rape and such other serious offences committed under officers of the rank of deputy superintendents/ assistant commissioners of police and below them.
It also has the powers to inquire into misbehaviour and misuse of power by such officials.
Complaints against officers above the rank of DySP/ ACP would have to be submitted to the State Police Complaints Authority.
Details
The Dakshina Kannada Authority may be contacted at the office of the Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru City, Mangaluru 575001, phone 0824-2220801.
The State authority may be contacted at Room No. 36, Ground Floor, Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru 560001, phone 080 22386063, 22034220, said an official release here on Saturday.
Regional Commissioner, Mysuru, is the chairperson of the authority
