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Puri, Feb 25: Police personnel should be people friendly, director general of police (DGP) Sanjeev Marik said while inaugurating a model police station at Damodar Road here Wednesday.
“It has been alleged that people are facing misbehaviour in police stations while lodging complaints. Several reports in this regard have been published in the media. Police personnel should show good behaviour towards common people,” Marik said.
The DGP emphasised upon cooperation between police and public to check criminal activities in state. “Police can win the confidence of common people through good behaviour. Cooperation between police and public can check the occurrence of crimes,” he said.
The model police station has been established to help maintain law and order during the upcoming Nabakalebar of the presiding deities of the Jagannath temple, district police sources said. “Two more model police stations and a traffic police station will be established in the city for the upcoming Nabakalebar festival. We will soon provide 13 four-wheelers to the city police,” Marik said.
The three-storied model police station has come up on 16,210 square feet at an expenditure of Rs 69 lakh. The Orissa Police Housing Corporation had initiated the construction in March 2012 and completed it in November 2013, sources said.
The model police station has modern amenities such as an integrated parking lot, armoury, computer room, pantry, gymnasium and conference hall. It can house 50 police personnel, sources said.
Inspector general of police RP Kochhe, superintendent of police (SP) Ashis Kumar Singh, collector Aravind Agarwal, sub-collector Madhusudan Das, additional SP Banabihari Sahu, city DSP Pravat Routray, sub-divisional police officer Alekh Chandra Pahi and Baliapanda police in-charge Manoj Behera were among those present on the occasion.
