Thiruvananthapuram: Police officials must control their tendencies to express opinions on political problems on social media platforms, and also, they may not use their official email addresses and telephone numbers for their personal account on social media, the State Police Chief instructed police officers.
In a set of new guidelines issued as part of an increase in the function of the police station, he said that the practice of asking a complainant to buy stationery for the police station immediately ended.
The amount disbursed to each police station as a permanent progress for such purchases has increased to RS 5,000, and all police chiefs and district DSPS must ensure that this money is used correctly, he said.
Further guidelines said that all petitions on cruelty towards women must be handled by the station’s house officers themselves, which must be processed in a timely manner.
The police chief said that it would be the responsibility of Sho to issue a receipt for all petitions received at the police station.
The inspector must listen to complaints and in serious complaints in nature, FIR must be registered immediately.
The task assigned to the police at the police station must be recorded by inspectors in their notebook, or in the absorporation, by the main sub-inspector.
If those who are arrested and taken to the stations are found drunk or have been found using drugs, they must immediately become a medical exam, the word guide.
The details of those made to spend last night at the police station or arrested in a criminal case must be known by police officers who are responsible for their respective sub-divisions.
Sho must also ensure that those who were arrested on non-shot charges were produced before the early court after subjecting them to a medical examination.
While interrogating the arrest, Sho and officers responsible for the probe must be present.