Saturday, April 2, 2011

Pakistan Police : नई कार्यशैली अपनाएगी इस्लामाबाद पुलिस

इस्लामाबाद. पाकिस्तान की राजधानी इस्लामाबाद में बढ़ रही आपराधिक घटनाओं के मद्देनजर यहां पुलिस ने नई कार्यशैली अपनाने का फैसला किया है।
समाचार पत्र 'द नेशन' के अनुसार शहर के वरिष्ठ पुलिस अधीक्षक ताहिर आलम खान ने कहा कि नई कार्यशैली के तहत निरीक्षक या उप-निरीक्षक स्तर के अधिकारियों को प्रत्येक पुलिस थानों में 'बीट-इंचार्ज' के रूप में तैनात किया जाएगा।
पत्र के अनुसार पुलिस सूत्रों ने कहा है कि पुलिस थाना प्रभारी (एसएचओ) पर पड़ने वाले अतिरिक्त दबाव को कम करने के लिए तथा हाल के महीनों में शहर में बढ़ी आपराधिक वारदातों के मद्देनजर ऐसा कदम उठाया गया है।आंकड़ों के मुताबिक वर्ष 2009 की तुलना में पिछले वर्ष 2010 में आपराधिक घटनाओं में 18 फीसदी का इजाफा हुआ था।

G20 a big boost to police pay

Overtime costs from the G20 summit and to a lesser extent the Vancouver Olympics are being blamed for a dramatic rise in Toronto police salaries.
The number of Toronto Police Service employees taking home income of at least six figures last year was up by more than 60 per cent from 2009.
Last year, 2,159 police personnel — the majority of which are uniformed officers — earned more than $100,000, not including taxable benefits. That number is way up from 2009, when only 1,329 employees made the province’s so-called “sunshine list.” In 2008, that number was 1,006.
“I don’t have a specific breakout of the G20, but overwhelmingly, a very significant amount of the increase is G20,” said police spokesperson Mark Pugash.
The Toronto Police Service also had a “significant” presence at the Vancouver Olympics, which drove salaries higher. However, Pugash added, the federal government has reimbursed the service for the overtime.
Roughly half of the 10,000 officers on duty during the June summit were from Toronto. Many were working on time-and-a-half overtime, on 12-hour shifts.
Scheduled annual salary increases also played in the six-figure spike, said Pugash.
At the end of the day, he added, “as years go by, there’ll be more and more officers whose starting pay puts them on the list without earning a penny of overtime at all.”
Detectives and sergeants, for example, make between $92,217 and $99,529. Staff sergeants earn anywhere from $101,966 to $109,278. And before overtime is taken into account, a first-class constable takes home $81,249 to $88,561 each year.
Making the list for the first time this year is Const. Adam Josephs, a.k.a. “Officer Bubbles.”
Josephs, who last year earned $108,197.45, threatened to arrest a G20 demonstrator for blowing bubbles, a moment that was captured on video and became a YouTube hit last summer.
Chief Bill Blair made $325,940.14 in 2010. In 2009, the chief earned $309,491.19.
And for the third year in a row, Traffic Services Const. Michael Thompson was included on the so-c1alled “sunshine list” of public sector employees in Ontario who earn at least $100,000. Last year, Thompson made $166,095.43, about double his base salary.
The salaries listed include base pay, overtime, court time and retroactive pay, but do not include paid-duty assignments — guarding construction sites and the like. Toronto officers who accept paid-duty shifts earn $65 an hour. In 2009, Toronto police worked 40,919 paid-duty assignments.
Asked if the roster of high earners among Toronto officers will be down next year, Pugash said it’s possible, given that nothing similar to the G20 or Olympics is on the 2011 calendar. However, salaries will continue to climb with collective bargaining commitments.
Pugash also noted that steps have been taken in recent years to monitor overtime tightly and that last week, Blair announced a service-wide belt-tightening review.
“We must ensure the money invested in policing is spent economically and appropriately,” Blair wrote in an internal memo. “We will do whatever we can to help the city reduce the projected budget shortfall for 2012.”
Blair will target efficiencies in each department, as well as look for sources of cost recovery. (The service has long complained it is doing work, such as border control, for which other police jurisdictions should be footing the bill.)
The province’s sunshine list was released Thursday afternoon.

Goa Police : 'No need to direct probe when police are seized of matter'

PANAJI: The sessions court, Panaji, has dismissed an application filed by a some social activists seeking that Agasaim police inspector be directed to properly investigate the matter concerning leakage of the MBBS question papers.
Sessions judge Nutan Sardessai observed thus: "There is no justification to direct investigation when the police are already seized of the matter and the investigation is entrusted in the hands of the police officer of the rank of DySP. I, therefore, find no merit in the application which is hereby dismissed."
However, the court refused to look into the locus standi of a public servant, Kashinath Shetye, vis-a-vis his presence in the court. Special public prosecutor (PP) S B Faria had questioned the Shetye's locus standi to file the application, as he is an employee of the state electricity department.
"Questioning the locus standi of the applicant No. 2 (Shetye) in particular, a public servant vis-a-vis his presence in court is not germane to this issue and even otherwise he would be questionable and answerable to his departmental superiors," the court said.
Shetye and two others had approached the court seeking directions to the Agasaim police inspector to register an FIR. They also sought that the PI be directed to investigate the matter properly against all those involved in the crime.
It was alleged by the complainants that three sets of papers, which had been set by three different examiners, had been deliberately leaked for 'wrongful and monetary gains, causing wrongful loss to the students of Goa medical college and hospital'. They alleged that a complaint was filed regarding this with Agasaim PI and SP (North), but they refused to lodge an FIR and acted in connivance with the GU examiners.

However, the police in their reply said that the applicants' complaint was found to be vague and therefore letters were sent to the GU vice-chancellor and Goa medical college (GMC) dean to verify the facts of the question paper leakage. After the report of the committee constituted by the Goa University confirmed that question papers of the third MBBS (part II) general medicine papers I and II were indeed leaked, the police registered an offence. An offence was registered under Section 6 of the Prevention of Malpractices at University, Board and other Specified Examinations Act, 1991, Section 406 , Section 409 - both for criminal breach of trust, Section 420 (Cheating) of Indian Penal Code and Section 13 (1) (c) and 13 (1) (d) (criminal misconduct) of the Prevention of Corruption Act against the GMC and GU paper setters. The police added that as the offence has to be investigated by an officer of the rank of DySP, the matter is being investigated by the Panaji DySP.

Mumbai Police : Stop Poonam Pandey's bare all plan, BJP leader tells police

Model Poonam Pandey's plan to strip if India beat Sri Lanka on Saturday has angered the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) women's wing which has sought police action against her. In a letter to Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik, BJP Mahila Morcha state president Nita Kelkar said Saturday's World Cup game at Wankhede Stadium shall be graced by President Pratibha Patil and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse.
"To strip in front of a large gathering in celebration of India's victory is highly condemnable and deserves to be halted and foiled forthwith," Kelkar urged.
"Indian women are revered and respected since time immemorial. We have a tradition of Sita, Draupadi, Jijamata, Queen of Jhansi, Tarabai Holkar, Savitri Phule, Ramabai Ambedkar, Sarojini Naidu, Indira Gandhi, Kalpana Chawla and many more.
Eminent lawyer Ganesh Sovani, explaining the legal position, said if Poonam actually sheds her clothes before the crowd, it would be a serious offence under Section 292, 294 of the Indian Penal Code and the Indecent Representation of Women Act, 1987, besides posing a security risk in view of the huge crowd at the venue.
Poonam, who has been seen in several ad campaigns, on Friday said she would seek permission from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Mumbai Police before her 'bare all' act.
"I have no intention of distracting the Indian team members. It will be a legal act and it is my own idea of celebrating India's victory in the World Cup," she said.
Kelkar countered this by saying there are many other ways of celebrating India's victory without sullying the image of Indian women before the whole world.
The Shiv Sena has demanded stern action against 20-year-old model Poonam Pandey, who has said she would strip at the Wankhede Stadium here if India won the World Cup final on Saturday.
"The model has told newspapers that she would strip in the stadium, if India wins the world cup. The governme
nt has to take action to stop such things," Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe said in the Legislative Council.
"It was shocking to learn that Poonam's parents have given her permission, as per the interviews," Gorhe said.
"The government should make its stand clear on this," Gorhe, also a Sena spokesperson, said.

Orissa Police : Police commissionerate building opens

BHUBANESWAR: People in the twin cities now need not run around to get different kinds of permissions from police. A new one-stop destination was thrown open to public on Friday, when chief minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated an impressive building to house the commissionerate of police here.

Coinciding with Utkal Divas, the police commissionerate got its permanent office over three years after it came into being. "A single window clearance system will help the public have easy access to our service," police commissioner B K Sharma said. Earlier people used to visit different police stations to get the work done.

Built over a sprawling 1.20 lakh sq ft near the 120 Battalion, the four-storey palatial building could be the second elegant government office in the city after the ECoR headquarters. "It is an impressive structure in the state," Naveen said. Notably, the Rs 20-crore building is much bigger than the state police headquarters. However, the office will be fully operational after five months. Currently, the twin city police commissioner's office is functioning in the annex of the state guest house.

"The new office is almost ready. We are giving final touches to the building. It will be fully operational in five months," chairman and managing director of Orissa State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation Sudhanshu Sarangi said.

The giant structure with 33 giant Gothic pillars and marvellous architecture was built in 18 months, Sarangi said. It is a treat to watch the Rs five lakh-clock placed atop the central dome of the building. "We bought the clock from Switzerland," Sarangi said.

The giant structure with 33 giant Gothic pillars and marvellous architecture was built in 18 months, Sarangi said. It is a treat to watch the Rs five lakh-clock placed atop the central dome of the building. "We bought the clock from Switzerland," Sarangi said.

Close circuit TV cameras have been installed at different points in the building. "Modern gadgets like boom barriers and motorized gates have been installed at the entrance point as part of upgraded security system," he said.

The structure has a public interface area and an auditorium for accommodating nearly 200 police officers. "The building has the five star energy efficient technology to reduce the consumption of power. We have also set up solar power and rain water harvesting facilities," Sarangi said.

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Uganda Police : Police housing project bidder disqualified

KAMPALA, UGANDA- The fifth bidder for Uganda's Police housing project was recently disqualified from the list of official bidders due to failure to meet the set standards, East African Business Week understands.
EVG 3D consortium that was keen on the Police project was disqualified in their round one attempt because the documents they submitted did not meet the set standards.
"We communicated to them showing them the areas they lacked that led to our objection of the interest," explained Jim Mugunga the project officer.
The four consortiums that managed to progress to bidding stage are AHADI consortium, ALKRIGHT consortium, ACMIRS consortium and FANGDA (Africa) Developments consortium.
The Uganda Police, in a bid to modernize the force want to carry out a public-private partnership for the development of serviced housing and accommodation project with an intention of delivering suitable and decent office and home accommodation solutions for the Uganda Police Force.
The Police Houses that will be transformed first are those in the Kampala Metropolitan area.
EVG 3D with its main offices in the United States has other subsidiary companies worldwide. It failed to meet some of the requirements, leading to the rejection of their interest.
According to the company official website, www.evg.com, the company majors in equipment and machinery as adapted to customer specific requirements. They also provide expertise in the production of welded mesh and in processing reinforcing steel.
The company also has a construction system that constitutes an innovative building method for both residential and industrial buildings.
EVG 3D also completes product equipments for panel manufacturing plants, provides engineering support required for planning and implementing construction projects with EVG 3D panels.
The Police project aims at providing accommodation to over 7,200 police families, a modern police headquarter, a regional training academy, regional, divisional and ordinary police stations.
Mugunga had earlier last week explained that the PPP arrangement is a long-term relationship between the developers and the government. He noted the companies to qualify for the project, should have capacity to construct 730 houses using their own funds, stay in, maintain and manage these projects.
"Hopefully by the last quarter of the year, this housing unit project will take off. We shall start with the metropolitan divisions like Nsambya, Kira Road, Jinja Road, Naguru, Wandegeya and Kibuli," said Mugunga.
The Uganda Police Housing Project Public Private Partnership is a procurement mechanism through which the public sector engages and exploits the private sector competencies to address the deplorable and dilapidated state of accommodation in which police officers work and live.