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Bhubaneswar: Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) Abhay has directed all district superintendents of police (SsP) and deputy commissioners of police (DCsP) to ensure proper rest for all the police personnel engaged in duty during the lockdown period.
The DGP issued the order while reviewing the enforcement of Coronavirus lockdown across the State with district SsP and DSsP via video conferencing.
“All the SsP and DSsP have been advised to re-visit the deployment of police on the streets, so as to ensure that all police personnel on street duty get one day rest during a week and are not on duty for more than 8 hours in a day during the Coronavirus lockdown,” the DGP said in a circular.
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Most districts have already started implementing this, he said.
Reviewing the lockdown situation, the top cop said though the present lockdown has been declared for three weeks, COVID-19 related enforcement is likely to continue for months.
He said the situation in the field has, by and large, stabilised as far as enforcement of lockdown is concerned.
District Ss.P. and DCsP have been advised to re-visit the deployment of police on the street, so as to ensure that they get one day rest during a week and are not for more than 8 hours duty a day, as far as possible.
— DGP, Odisha (@DGPOdisha) March 29, 2020
Odisha Police has taken several measures to address issues cropping up during the lockdown, which has been ordered to contain the spread of the coronavirus infection in the State.
The police have strengthened the phone-based redressal system for grievances of people as police stations remain out of bounds. A robust system of over 500 Helpline numbers has been developed to facilitate people to lodge their grievances. The district SsP and DCsP are personally reviewing the functioning of phone-based redressal of public grievance.
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The Odisha Police is also making extensive use of social media to create awareness about the phone-based redressal system.
Later in the day, the DGP while speaking to media persons about enforcement of lockdown said that there have been no cases of police using force against violators in Odisha and his department is handling the situation with utmost care to ensure that people are not harassed.
