Kerala   

Rare guest takes police by surprise

Appreciation: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan signing the visitor’s book at the Town South Police Station in Palakkad on Tuesday during his surprise visit to the station.

PALAKKAD: It was a pleasant surprise for the police personnel and those present at the Town South Police Station in Palakkad on Monday evening when an entourage of Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan reached the station.

There was no prior information about the visit and the personnel were taken by surprise at this rare visit to a police station by a Chief Minister. Mr. Achuthanandan took time off his busy schedule to visit the police station which won an international award for the best police station in the country and an award for the second-best police station in South East Asia recently.

It won the Altus Global Alliance award as the best police station in the country for its model functioning providing the best service to the public who visited the station with various complaints and problems.

The awards were instituted by Altus Global Alliance, which is working with a multicultural perspective for improving public safety and justice in society.

District Superintendent of Police Vijay Sakhare made a power point presentation on how the police station won the awards and the facilities provided to the public at the station and the steps taken on the complaints received at the PWD rest house, where the Chief Minister was halting.

After seeing the presentation, Mr. Achuthanandan told Mr. Sakhare that he was visiting the station on his way to attend a function at Pudussery in the Malampuzha constituency.

At the station, he examined the facilities for the public and the women’s desk set up for receiving complaints from women.

Impressed by the arrangement, the Chief Minister wrote in the station visitor’s book his appreciation of the good work. The best police station in the country award is given based on professionalism in policing, achievements in policing parameters, best practices at the station and the delivery of public service.

In the competition for the best police station in South East Asia, police stations from India, Malaysia, South Korea, Pakistan and the Philippines etc. participated.

Out of the 350 participating police stations, the Town South Police Station was selected the runner-up, Mr. Sakhare said.

He said that the police station could win the awards only because of its efficiency and effectiveness in delivery of public service, excellent professional policing and various community policing programmes.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

LDF calls dawn-to-dusk hartal
Of books nearly forgotten
Kick off celebrations by kicking a habit
Diesel price hike a blow to KSRTC
State seeks schemes
When Silent Valley was an artery
Successful launch
Entering a male bastion
Thief turns saviour
Beyond species division
Campus Front storms DDE offices
Central nod for cashew project
Quick thinking
Segregated collection of waste picking up
Rationalists to launch drive against fake spiritual leaders
Kerala plans cargo ship to the Maldives
MACTA Federation for talks
Kochiites angry over petroleum price hike
Merchant bodies criticise price increase
Hike is along expected lines, say petrol dealers
Bicycles making a comeback
Lack of facilities at bus terminals
Rare guest takes police by surprise
Elamkulam bridge to be widened soon
Traffic snarls a regular feature
Infrastructure fails to keep pace with growing city
Massive investments in projects needed
Parallel roads are the key

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu