Uttar Pradesh Government and the top officials of the police administration are giving directions to Superintendents of Police(SPs) ,since two years to make strict supervision on police stations in their respective areas.It is true that the ultimate authority of all the police stations in the district lies in the hands of SSP/SP,but is the government moving in the right direction by only giving direction to SPs,or the government don’t want to look behind the curtain?SP is the incharge of all the police stations in the district and he has the power to suspend or transfer the SHO and other policemen posted in the police station,but if SP is not committed towards his duty,or he is insensitive towards the grievances of people,or he is uncapable of holding strong and strict supervision due to the political pressure from the top executive,or he is only indulged in his self interest instead of indulging in the interest of the whole district,or he is not asking the SHO to make enough patrolling in his respective area,then who will be responsible for any kind of unlawful and shameful incident in police station?If the government wants to make SPs active and accountable ,then it must have fixed the responsibility and time frame for giving positive result of the directions given by the government,but first of all Uttar Pradesh Government should immediately roll back it’s policy of making the officer of the Rank of DIG as the District Police Chief.Since,February,2009,when this decision was taken,crime graph has been moving upwards and it has not shown the downward trend at least for once. They(DIGs) haven’t been able to succeed to met the expectations of the government and the people.Second factor is leadership.If SP has not the quality of sensible leadership in it’s role ,then the problems will be remain as same as earlier.For that,SP has to develop the sense of commitment,sense of belongingness for the victims,sense of dedication,sense of delivering the result which he has to produce before the people,not before the government,because police is meant for the safety of people,sense of accountability towards the people,but unfortunately aam aadmi rarely get chance to meet it’s DPC,to which he has to tell his/her problem.Government has to take effective measures to fill this gap between the DCP and the people.
Police Station is not a hell,but we can’t call it a heaven,but a joint effort by the government and the police administration make it a place for the purpose of which it has been established.Government do not feel the need to develop the infrastructure of police stations.Some police stations are very small that even the police jeep can’t enter in the police stations,some police stations are big but,infrastructure is very poor,and the most important thing is the kind of policemen sitting in the police station.After that,most of the SPs do not feel the need to make a surprise visit to the police station.They have a lot of excuses of not visiting the police stations.Then,you don’t have the kind of supervision from the side of officers of the Rank of DIG or IG.Even,IG does not have a lot of work and he only enjoys the cool environment of his/her office.ADG(Law and Order) has the burden of so many tasks on his shoulder and DGP is the boss of Police Administration in the State,then why would he bears the pain of visiting the police station? In an overall perspective,if the government wants to make police administration effective,committed,dedicated,sensitive and honest towards it’s duty,then it must have end the political influence being made on the working of police administration,and political patronage being given to corrupt police officials and most importantly police officials should always remember the prestige and respect attached with the uniform.
