Greet police with respect when they visit your home: Srinath tells Mysureans | Mysuru News

Mysuru: Former cricketer Javagal Srinath on Wednesday appealed to people to greet the police with respect if they visit their doorstep on duty.He was speaking after launching Mysuru police’s Mane Mane Police initiative by distributing posters to a police constable at a function organised by the Mysuru City police at KSOU convocation hall in Muktagangotri in the city.He said that the initiative launched by the police aims at establishing people-friendly initiatives. The outreach also aims to involve citizens in community policing to enhance city safety. It bridges the gap between citizens and police, helps strengthen their relationships, and boosts confidence and trust with the police force, he noted.He said that he too had different opinions about the police before coming into contact with the cops. But his notion about the police completely changed after he started to work along with them in various initiatives and activities. Policing is a tough job. They meet all kinds of people, work round-the-clock for public safety, and focus on maintaining law and order and traffic management, he stated.City police commissioner Seema Latkar said that this initiative was launched following the direction of home minister G Parameshwara.“Till recent years, people were visiting the police to file complaints, to address their grievances, but now the police will visit their doorsteps to resolve their grievances under the initiative. Police officers will visit every household to listen to their grievances and provide solutions as per the law. The intention behind this scheme is resolving the issues of citizens quickly,” she said.She also said that the department has given the directions to each police to cover 50 housing clusters in their police jurisdiction under the beat system. PSI, ASI level officers will supervise this police-citizen friendly initiative in all police stations.Police will also spread awareness among people about the prevention of crimes and thefts, besides lodging complaints, and providing information about crimes witnessed in their locality, in and around their homes. Information providers will be kept confidential during their visits. A citizen head will also be formed for a cluster of 250 houses.She also appealed to the public to extend all cooperation with the police in maintaining law and order, and prevention of crimes as their duty aims at protecting public interest and safety.Deputy commissioner of police (law and order) Bindu Mani, DCP (crime and traffic) KS Sundar Raj, ACPs Raviprasad (Vijayanagar sub-division), Ramesh (Krishnaraja), Rajendra (Narasimharaja), and R Shivashankar (traffic) were present.