In the wake of increasing cases of suicide among police personnel, the State government has appointed 60 senior counsellors in the Police Department to help officers and police personnel deal with depression and stress, Director-General and Inspector-General of Police Om Prakash has said.
He was speaking on the sidelines of a farewell parade at the DAR Police Grounds in Kalaburagi on Sunday.
Mr. Om Prakash said that counsellors will be posted to battalions and police training colleges across the State after three months training at the National Institute of Mental health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru. The trained professional counsellors will help police personnel deal with stress and overcome personal and professional hurdles. Through counselling, therapy and medication, the experts will try to make police personnel health conscious and encourage them to take up de-stressing activities such as yoga and meditation. To a question, Mr. Om Prakash said that the government will soon take a final decision on establishing a police commissionerate in Kalaburagi.
