Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 12: Describing the “men in uniform” defenders of human rights, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Technical Services, J&K Owais Ahmed has said that impartiality, patience and awareness are the pre-requisitions for a professional police man to honour the human rights. He said that honesty and dedication are also the factors which play a vital role in forming a disciplined law enforcing agency.
Mr. Owais was inaugurating day long debate competition on human rights, organized by Police Modernization Zone at Armed Police Complex here today. The topic of the debate was “respect for human rights contributes professionalism in police”. He said that security of the people is prime duty of the men in uniform but while enforcing the law of the land they have to also safe guard the rights of the citizens. They face hostile situations in the field while performing duties but at the same time professionalism demands patience and impartiality, keeping the standard of discipline maintained, he said.
The IGP reminded the participants that the jawans and officers are administered an oath at their enrolment in the department to safeguard the rights of the people and thus they have more responsibility to uphold their pledge. Civil society has great expectations with the force and we have to come up to their expectations, said the IGP.
Mr. Owais emphasized the need to organize such debates so that police personnel get awareness about their duties towards human rights. He said that by organizing such debates, the police organization can achieve desired results in educating their men and officers to honour the human rights. He said that the organization has introduced human rights as a subject in its training syllabus in all training institutions and is also deputing its officers and men outside the State for getting specialized training on the subject.
As many as 15 speakers from Security, CID, Crime, PHQ, Railways, Traffic, Auxiliary/Home Guards and Police Telecom took part in the debate. A jury consisting of DIG (Armed) Jammu, T. Punchok (Chairman), SSP, Mir Mohammad Choudhary, SP, Shalinder Singh, Joint Director Pawan Kumar Gupta adjudged the performance of the competitors. Traffic team was declared 1st and CID team as runner up. In the individual capacity Inspector, Usha Kher was declared 1st, Dy.SP Raja Adil Hamid 2nd, and SI Jalal-u-din, as 3rd position holder in the competition and were rewarded.
Earlier, SSP Tele-com Jammu, Bupinder Singh deliberating on the aims of the debate. Among others, the function was attended by SSP, Telecom, Manzoor Ahmed Shorie, Superintendents of Police Telecom, Rafi Ahmed Mir, R. K. Munshi and D. P. Singh and other police officers.
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