The proposal to create a police commissionerate at Berhampur
is hoped to solve the problem of dearth of adequate police staff for this
crime-prone area. It may be noted that a few days ago Chief Minister Naveen
Patnaik had declared that the State government had decided to create three
police commissionerates -- in Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela. But no gazette
notification for the purpose has been made. It is hoped that the new government
formed after the elections would implement this proposal. At present, Odisha
has only one commissionerate of police which has Bhubaneswar and Cuttack under
its jurisdiction.
As per the detailed proposal regarding this proposal of
commissionerate police system for Berhampur, it would have 1,796 posts for
police personnel. It means it would need creation of 733 new posts for police
personnel for the proposed commissionerate of police for Berhampur.
During an informal chat, city Superintendent of Police (SP)
Aniruddha Singh said it would surely enhance policing as the staff would be
properly divided and deployed for different jobs. In place of single SP heading
the Berhampur police district, there would be two DCPs of SP rank who would be
headed by a commissioner of DIG or IG rank. The DCP for the headquarters would
deal with different official works like granting of licences, intelligence
gathering, issues related to human rights, accounts etc while the other DCP
would be totally involved in policing.
The extra staff needed when the city has a police
commissionerate will include one more official of SP rank, two of additional SP
rank, three of DSP rank, 12 more inspectors, 70 sub-inspectors, 120 Assistant
sub-inspectors, 91 constables etc. There would be need for more than 50 new
ministerial staff to relieve pressure on police officials related to office
work so that there would be more time for policing.
Three police stations which are now under Berhampur police
district like those at Jarada, Digapahandi and K.Nuagaon would be under Ganjam
police district after this transformation. The Chamakhandi and Arjyapalli
marine police stations which are now under Ganjam police district, would come
under Berhampur police commissionerate.
Long-pending demand
It may be noted that since long there was demand for
creation of a police commssionerate in Berhampur. Several organisations of the
city as well as South Odisha Students Association (SOSA) had made this demand.
“Although a woman like me does know the intricacies that this change would
bring in, we hope it would enhance policing in the city and reduce menace of
criminals,” said Pranita Das, a housewife of the city. Former secretary of
Berhampur Bar Association, Manoj Patnaik is of the opinion that commissionerate
for Berhampur should not become only a change for name sake. It should bring in
real changes in policing which will benefit the general public, he added. Source: The Hindu
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