The Police Department has issued a directive to all senior officers to ensure timely completion of inquiry into cases in which the complainants or victims belong to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) communities.
The directive was issued in the wake of complaints that no proper inquiry was being conducted into recent cases involving SC/ST community members.
Henceforth, the District Police Chief (DPC) will be responsible for monitoring the progress of investigation in such cases. He will submit a report to the police headquarters in this regard as and when required.
The new order directs the officials to prepare the inquiry report in Malayalam and submit it in an easily readable format. On Wednesdays, the DPC will conduct a petitions adalat in person to redress the grievances of the public.
Also, the inquiry should be done under an officer who has no criminal history. If a police officer is found involved in a criminal activity during the investigation, he should be removed from the team. The inquiry against the officer should be conducted by his immediate supervisor, the order says.
The city will witness the might of the Student Police Cadet (SPC) in the conduct of the upcoming Kerala State School Arts Festival.
The SPC will focus on managing vehicular traffic and ensuring the peaceful conduct of the festival.
Senior police officials say special training will be given to the cadets in traffic regulation.
Cadets will be posted at important junctions along with police officers.
Plan The plan is to deploy over 600 SPCs to manage the traffic during the festival. This will be in addition to the available police force on routine traffic duty.
The service of SPCs will be used to gather information on various law-enforcement areas during the festival time. For effective crowd management, an additional 600 student volunteers too will be deployed after extending a crash training.
