Some organisations and retired police personnel have come out in support of the proposed move by police constables to go on mass leave on Saturday. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Sandeep Kumar, retired police constable, said that the police constables should be given salaries on par with the police constables in the neighbouring States. The government should appoint police constabulary relative to the population of the State.
As much as 50 per cent of posts of police sub-inspectors and reserve sub-inspectors should be reserved for police constables in service. The Arogya Bhagya should be extended to the police constables both during service and after their retirement, he said.
They should be given full day’s salary if they are asked to work on a weekly off. Travelling Allowance should be increased to at least Rs. 300. Travelling Allowance should be increased if the police constables were travelling to Bengaluru and to places outside the State, he said.
The police quarters should be repaired at least annually. The police ration facility should be made available even after retirement, he said.
The orderly system where by police constables work in the houses of senior police officers and elected representatives should be done away with. Very often, these orderlies were given menial tasks, which was demeaning, he said.
The constables should be given overtime allowance for duty beyond eight hours. They should be given risk allowance. The maternity leave of women police constables should be extended to nine months, he said.
Constables should not be suspended for small issues. If there was any serious issue, they should be suspended after getting permission from courts. They should be provided free medical tests and consultation in the best of the hospitals, he said.
They should be given be free travel facility in private and government buses and railways. “We will submit a memorandum supporting the demands of the police constables to the Deputy Commissioner here on June 4,” Mr. Kumar said.
Nityananda Volakadu, general secretary of Zilla Nagarika Samiti, Ravi Shetty, head of Karmikara Vedike, and Gourishankar, retired assistant sub-inspector of police, were present.
