A few select police stations in Ernakulam will witness all-women administration as part of International Women’s Day on Thursday.
In Ernakulam Rural, three police stations – Aluva East, Perumbavoor and Muvattupuzha - will have women Station House Officers in charge.
Sub Inspector Vincy Elias will take charge of the Aluva East station while Sainaba P.S. will head the Muvattupuzha station.
Sub Inspector Usha A.S. will take charge of the Perumbavoor police station.
Setting a trend
In addition to the SHOs, the entire functioning at these designated stations including petition enquiry, general diary and sentry duty, will be handled by lady officers.
Meanwhile, the maximum number of women officers will be deployed on duty for various operations at the remaining police stations in the rural district.
According to Police Commissioner M.P. Dinesh, women sub-inspectors attached to the city police will take charge of their respective stations to celebrate Women’s Day.
From driver to station house officer, most number of officers on duty during the day will be women, the official said.
“The public interface at all the stations in the city will be done by women officers for the entire day’’, the Commissioner said.
The move is in accordance with a directive from State Police Chief Loknath Behra to all district police chiefs to hand over the control of the maximum number of police stations to policewomen to symbolically portray the government policy of giving maximum importance to women safety and security.
