Now daily one officer from five senior Chandigarh Police officers, including SSP and SP, will be out on night patrolling for five-hours. A roaster of the five officers has been prepared for operational and monitoring duties from 11 pm to 4 pm.
The officers assigned to the night duty roster include prominent officials such as Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, SSP (Traffic) Sumer Pratap Singh, SP (Intelligence and Headquarters and Economic Offences Wing) Manjeet Singh, SP (City, Cyber Crime, Vigilance and Operations) Geetanjali Khandelwal, and SP (Crime) Jasbir Singh.
These officers will be required to be present on night duty on rotational basis, alternating between field duties and monitoring operations from control rooms or even remotely from home.
Previously, only one DSP was assigned to oversee the entire city during the night shift from 12 am to 5 am. Last month, a change was implemented, assigning one SHO and two inspectors with the DSP.
According to the orders issued by IGP Chandigarh Raj Kumar Singh, the officers have been directed to conduct night patrolling on operational day but remain available on monitoring day for attending any emergencies. However, it does not preclude the concerned SSP/SP from any responsibility of their respective domains during these timings.
The order of IGP further read that concerned SSP/SP shall visit/attend any violent incident or an important law and order situation.
Earlier, senior police officers would conduct surprise checks at nakas or visit heinous crime spots at night, but there was no fixed roster for their deployment.
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