Importance of police-public interaction stressed
Past governors of Rotary districts, P.S.D. Chandrasekaran, right, and A. Alagappan, centre, presenting the ’Award of Vocational Excellence’ to the Commissioner of Police, Tiruchi, Shankar Jiwal, on Sunday.The police will accord a thrust to police-public interactions with a view to reinforcing the people-friendliness of the department, Commissioner of Police Shankar Jiwal said.He was addressing the members of the Rotary Clubs here on Saturday after receiving the ‘Award of Vocational Excellence’ from the Rotary Club of Tiruchi Central, at a function organised to mark the installation of Club’s new team of office-bearers for 2007-08.The former Rotary district governors, Alagappan (RI district 2980) and P.S.D. Chandrasekaran (RI district 3000), presented the award to Mr. Jiwal in the presence of S.A. Clements, the newly elected president of the Club, and S. Selvam, Secretary, to appreciate the progressive steps taken by the police to in the recent past.Referring to a survey, Mr. Jiwal said that most of the respondents had stated that they did not have a favourable impression about the police at the outset; but towards the end had answered that they had not yet interacted with police personnel or visited any police station. Frequent police-public interactions would help in rectifying the negative perceptions, he said.Delivering the key-note address earlier, Mr. Alagappan said the Rotary Movement must adapt to the changing situations. Leadership should be ever progressive, he said.
