Reforms for stressed cops: Chandigarh police on backfoot

Chandigarh | Thursday | 14th March, 2019

Summary:

It also suggested reforms in roster and patrolling duties whereby it could become possible to give each police personnel an eight-hour shift. It had suggested various ways in which the police could cover the maximum number of locations with the minimum number of cops. between 2011 and 2014, the study had suggested a slew of steps to ensure optimal utilisation of police personnel so they could get adequate rest. The RTI query was filed by Head Constable (HC) Jagjeet Singh, who has now filed an appeal against the department for not providing him the required information. AdvertisingOn finding that 68 police personnel had died of stress-related diseases, including heart attack, brain stroke, hypertension etc..