Negligible patrolling yet Jaipur police fail to address issue

Jaipur | Monday | 17th September, 2018

Summary:

There is a desperate need to increase manpower,” said a circle inspector posted in Jaipur (South).Several inspectors also added that many PCR vans and police station vehicles are in a bad condition. Also, for the past two months occasions like festivals and various protests have kept our men engaged to maintain law and order. Our men were scanning various areas till 3 am in the morning and were supposed to reach police station at 11 am the next day. Jaipur: Senior police officers while reviewing the law and order situation in the city on Sunday admitted that due to lack of resources including manpower, inadequate vehicles and faster urbanization in localities including Pratap Nagar, Mansarovar and Jagatpura, policing has become an arduous task. Some of the police officers at the Jaipur police commissionerate were not keen to share the problems faced by the policemen.“Firstly, there has been extra burden after police got magisterial powers after inception of police commissionerate system in the city..