Kiosks to be set up at police stations in Mangaluru

In order to stop police station workers from COVID-19 an infection, kiosks will come up exterior 20 buildings housing regulation and order, visitors, cyber crime, financial and narcotic crime police stations and places of work of Assistant Commissioners of Police. The grievances of individuals will be attended to at these kiosks, in accordance to Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar.

The first such kiosk was opened at Urwa police station on Saturday.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Kumar stated with surge in COVID-19 instances in town, it was essential to take precautions for police personnel. As many as 330 personnel examined constructive final 12 months and this led to shortfall in the workforce, he stated.

Following the mannequin of Bengaluru police, the Mangaluru metropolis police has opened kiosks. “At the kiosks, a station house officer will attend to grievances of people. Only in case of need, the complainant will go to the police station. Thus, we can prevent all personnel at the station from getting exposed,” he stated.

At the Urwa police station kiosk, an individual can enter after sanitising. The station home officer sits on a desk positioned two toes away from the customer. The grievance or doc given by the customer is accepted by the station home officer, who wears masks and gloves. The grievance is positioned in an “UV scanner” machine after which accepted. Face masks are stored for many who should not have one. The Urwa police have made preparations to present ayurvedic “kashaya” to police personnel thrice a day.

“We will have such kiosks at all our buildings in the next a few days,” Mr. Kumar stated. All stations have been supplied with UV scanning machines and protecting gear, stated Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Hariram Shankar.