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Win people's confidence, policemen told

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The Crime Branch DIG, B. Sandhya, inaugurating `Operation arogya' in Kollam on Wednesday.

KOLLAM, JUNE 30. The DIG of Police, B. Sandhya, has exhorted policemen in the State to discharge their duties in a manner that would increase the confidence of the people in the police.

She was speaking after inaugurating `Operation arogya', a two-day medical camp and health awareness programme for the personnel of the Kollam unit of the Crime Branch CID here today.

Ms. Sandhya said that in order to win the confidence of the people, it was necessary that the policemen consider work a pleasure, and the basic requirement for that is a healthy mind and body.

The `Operation arogya' programme envisages ways to maintain a police force that is physically fit. She said that when a complainant approaches the police, it is imperative that a patient hearing is given to the former. Moreover, the police should verify the complaint. This was part of their workload. To handle the workload and to enjoy it, it is important that policemen remain healthy, she added.

Addressing the gathering, the Kollam SP, S. Sreejith, called for a shift in the behavioural pattern of the force. He said that the district police had finalised a programme to train the police personnel to interact with the public. Under the programme, to be launched in August, a constable each from the 30 police stations in the district would attend five-day courses on behavioural patterns at the district police headquarters. All the constables would be send for this course, he explained. The aim was to cover all the policemen in the district under the programme. Mr. Sreejith said that while listening to complainants, the police should remain law enforcers and not try to gauge the character or background of the complainant.

In his address, the superintendent of the Kollam district hospital, Rajan, said that tolerance and patience should be important qualities for Government personnel such as policemen, doctors and those in the transport sector, as their work involves a great deal of interaction with the public. Only a healthy person can be patient, Dr. Rajan added.

The psychiatrist of the district hospital, D. Prabash, and the president of the Rotary Club of Kollam West, Sasikumar, also spoke. The function was presided by the Crime Branch SP, P.K. Kuttapai.

The two-day camp comprises classes on stress management, first aid and trauma care, ways to acquire mental and physical fitness, food habits, and general awareness on preventive medicine. A medical history sheet of all those attending the camp would also be prepared.

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