4-member panel to assess performance of policemen

PATNA: In a bid to improve the quality of work and upgrade skills, the state police headquarters (HQ) has set up a four-member committee to assess the

performance

of policemen.

The members of the panel, headed by IG (budget and provision) Paras Nath, held a meeting on Wednesday and discussed modalities for the assessment of performance of the police personnel at the police HQ and on field assignments.

Subsequently, Nath issued a letter to all IGs, DIGs, SSPs and SPs, asking them to furnish a list of the cops, who would volunteer to serve as subordinates at the HQ after the assessment of their performance, within a week.

The police personnel, who have been awarded serious punishment, will not be posted at the HQ. The same method will be applicable for the 242 policemen posted at the HQ.

“The exercise is aimed at improving the quality of work by upgrading the skills of the cops,” said a member of the committee.

Apart from Nath, DIG (human rights) Rajesh Tripathi, AIG (welfare) Raman Kumar and deputy SP Abhay Narain Singh are the members of the committee set up on the directive of officiating DGP S K Singhal.