Director General of Police Dilbag Singh today chaired a high level meeting of senior officers and took stock of present ground situation in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting was attended by ADGsP B Srinivas, A. K.Choudhary, Deepak Kumar, S. J. M. Gillani, A. G. Mir, IGsP T. Namgyal, MukeshSingh, M. K. Sinha, Danesh Rana,
Gareeb Dass,Alok Kumar, Anand Jain, SSP Jammu Shridhar Patil and AIsG of PHQ.
Thoseofficers who participated in the meeting via video conferencing included IGPKashmir Vijay Kumar, all district SSsP of Kashmir and Jammu zone, allCommandants of Jammu and Kashmir Armed/IRP Battalions and MedicalSuperintendent Police Hospital Srinagar Dr Bilal Ahmad.
The DGPappreciating the role of Police officers and Jawans who are first responders totackle the ground situation in view of Coronavirus said that all personnel needto be very careful in handling the current situation. He said that the Jammuand Kashmir Police along with other security forces have contributed in a bigway in handling tougher situations. “Together with the cooperation of people ofJammu and Kashmir we will succeed in the mission of containing the spread ofthis disease too.”
The DGP saidthat the DOs and Don’ts which have been circulated to each district and unitmust be followed strictly. He said that the necessary arrangements andprocedures, precautions must be followed in all the units of the J&K Policeand added that those police personnel or their relatives who have internationaltravel history must come forward for self-isolation.
The DGPdirected the officers to use the community policing and alert the generalpublic about the virus. He said that people’s cooperation is important inhandling the current situation. He said Police personnel who are on guardduties at quarantine centers or on escort duties must be briefed on daily basisand well protected taking all precautions. He emphasized that full support beextended to health department and other authorities working on ground.
During the meeting the senior officers gave briefing about the preparations, precautions made by their wings and units with regard to COVID-19 pandemic in their respective wings and offices.