Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 22: To enhance police-public interface, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has introduced new telephony scheme Close User Group (CUG), covering the police organization from field level to the police headquarters. The scheme will facilitate the people to have quick police accessibility in the hour of need.
This was disclosed by Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Prasad while commissioning the new scheme at Police Headquarters this afternoon. He said that there would be a fixed permanent telephone number of each police post, police station and senior officer so that general public can contact in emergency any of the police stations and police posts. Their mobile numbers will not change even with the transfer of officers as it is a permanent system.
“The scheme envisages allotment of dedicated mobile phone numbers to each police post, police station, police wing and senior officers which will remain permanently attached with the designated officer even if the incumbents keep changing on transfers”, the DGP added.
Prasad said general public had complaints that telephones of police stations and police posts were invariable disconnected for non-payment of bills causing inconvenience for them, which will not happen now after launch of new telecom scheme (CUG) as incoming facility is in built in the system. People can now dial the number to seek police assistance at a short notice, said Prasad.
Further deliberating on the aims of scheme, Prasad said that the system would bring different units and officers closer to each other and help to respond quickly to any situation. He said that the scheme would prove more economical and the users would have an opportunity to avail unlimited talk time at a fixed rent plan.
Giving more details, the DGP disclosed that in the first instance 781 users could avail opportunity which include 240 senior officers of the Organization. He said that further police posts and senior officers including border posts and officers working in far-flung areas would be brought under the cover of the new scheme.
Prasad while commissioning the new scheme talked to some far-flung police posts and enquired about the quality of service. He asked the officers to furnish the feedback to the PHQ about the scheme so that required modifications are made from time to time making the scheme more effective.
Among others, the function was attended by Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters), SP Vaid, Inspector General of Police (Headquarters), Deepak Kumar, Director Police Telecom, AS Bali, DIG (Administration), RP Resutora, AIG (Provision), A A Kakroo, Dy. SP Telecom, Asgar Ali Khan and other police officers.
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