Panaji: The Goa State Human Rights Commission has been seeking replies from the Secretary of the Chief and Director General of Police, on August 23, on the actions taken to improve the working conditions of police personnel attached to the complaint of the old police police submitted with the Human Rights Commission stated that there was no The steps taken to comply with the recommendations of the commission in the December 2017 investigation report found the work conditions of the “unsatisfactory” personnel and needed “drastic improvement”.
The complainant, Aires Rodrigues, in a new complaint has stated that the condition of the police station at Old Goa remains sad, with staff working in an inhuman environment.
Eleven villages were under the Old Goa Police Station.
These include Ribandar, Old Goa, Corrim, Carambolim, St Estevam, Cumbharjua, Divar, Chorao, Chimbel, Merces and St Cruz.
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Apart from very broad and wide jurisdiction, the important Old Goa police station, over the past few decades, was placed in a very narrow place that was no more than 150 square meters.
The lack of space that exactly had a bad impact on the work of the police station Less in basic facilities for staff and public visiting the police station, “said Rodrigues in his complaint.
In 2017, after conducting two random inspections of two police stations, Colva and Old Goa, the Commission stated that the working conditions of the police personnel were “unsatisfactory” and “needed a drastic increase”.
At the time the commission has recommended that the government inspects all police stations to ensure shortages and take appropriate steps to improve work conditions, especially for members of the female police staff.
The commission, at the time, found police office buildings crowded and not suitable to accommodate the total staff working at the police station.
It also found staff strength not enough to overcome workload.