Chennai: Newly appointed Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal has said a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for police personnel would soon be launched to reduce the mortatlity rate on the lines of the one introduced in the Armed police.
Talking to reporters, Jiwal said only with the cooperation of the public, the lockdown will be implemented in an effective manner to prevent spread of the Covid virus and break the tranmission chain.
Stating that necessary measures will be taken to enforce the lockdown and to maintain law and order in the city, the 1990 batch IPS officer said “Only with the cooperation of the public the lockdown can be effectively implemented.”
“It will help to postpone medical emergencies and will curb the spread of virus,” he said.
The State government has given elaborate guidelines for implementing the lockdown.
“We will ensure that all the guidelines are followed,” he added.
Pointing out that unfortunately, some of policemen have also lost their lives due to Covid-19, Jiwal said ‘soon we will have a SOP for policemen who are vulnerable to the virus.’
“After an SOP was introduced in the Armed Police, no casualty has been reported. A similar SOP will be successfully implemented for the city police,” he said.
Under this initiative, if anyone in the police force has any symptoms, s/he will be tested and quarantined immediately and necessary medical assistance will be given.
“Our officers will interact with them daily and monitor their health. We hope to see an improvement soon,” he said.
On the law and order front, Jiwal said all steps will be taken to curb the menace of rowdyism, ganja sales and black-marketing of drugs, which are classified as organised crimes.
“We will do proactive policing and strengthen intelligence. The police will be proactive to curb black-marketeering of life-saving drugs,” Jiwal said.
Prior to assuming charge as Chennai City Police chief, he was serving as ADGP, Armed Police, Chennai, and headed the Special Task Force (STF), which is headquartered at Sathyamangalam in Erode district for the past six years.