PATNA: Apparently unhappy with some of them for coming to office in casual dress, the state police headquarters seems to be serious about implementing dress code for the men in uniform.
ADG (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar has written a letter asking all the policemen to be properly dressed up while coming to their respective offices. The letter issued on Monday to all the senior superintendents of police (SSPs), superintendents of police (SPs) and the commandants of Bihar Military Police (BMP) asked them to follow the prescribed dress code and warned the police personnel of disciplinary action for any laxity.
“It has been observed that cops coming from the regional offices to the police headquarters are not properly dressed up. They wear plain clothes, which has its adverse impact on the work culture. This is wrong and should be stopped with immediate effect,” the letter said.
There have been instances when the police officers posted in the districts visited the police headquarters in civvies even for the official work. “This sends a wrong message to the people who visit the police headquarters for redressal of their grievances,” a senior IPS officer said.
Sources said the dress allowances are paid to the policemen depending on their posts. While a sub-inspector is paid Rs10,000 per annum, a constable is entitled to Rs6,000 for uniform. Senior officers above the rank of inspector are paid more, a police officer told this newspaper on Tuesday.
The then DSP (Sachivalaya), Manish Kumar, was issued a show-cause notice in 2013 for reaching the Patna airport in civvies to supervise the arrangements for receiving the bodies of four martyrs killed in Jammu and Kashmir. The airport falls under the jurisdiction of DSP (Sachivalaya).
About a decade ago, the dress code issue had raked up a controversy when the then DGP, Anand Shankar, reached the office with a tilak (sacred red mark) on his forehead. The Bihar Police Men’s Association had raised an objection and described it as a violation of dress code and the police manual.
The police manual prohibits cops from wearing caste marks or having the face painted in any manner. The association had raised the issue following the DGP order to all its office-bearers to wear uniform and do duty like regular policemen. The DGP had even refused to meet their delegation as its members were wearing kurta-pyjama.
Earlier this year, the general administration department had also issued a circular on dress code for all the public servants.
ADG (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar has written a letter asking all the policemen to be properly dressed up while coming to their respective offices. The letter issued on Monday to all the senior superintendents of police (SSPs), superintendents of police (SPs) and the commandants of Bihar Military Police (BMP) asked them to follow the prescribed dress code and warned the police personnel of disciplinary action for any laxity.
“It has been observed that cops coming from the regional offices to the police headquarters are not properly dressed up. They wear plain clothes, which has its adverse impact on the work culture. This is wrong and should be stopped with immediate effect,” the letter said.
There have been instances when the police officers posted in the districts visited the police headquarters in civvies even for the official work. “This sends a wrong message to the people who visit the police headquarters for redressal of their grievances,” a senior IPS officer said.
Sources said the dress allowances are paid to the policemen depending on their posts. While a sub-inspector is paid Rs10,000 per annum, a constable is entitled to Rs6,000 for uniform. Senior officers above the rank of inspector are paid more, a police officer told this newspaper on Tuesday.
The then DSP (Sachivalaya), Manish Kumar, was issued a show-cause notice in 2013 for reaching the Patna airport in civvies to supervise the arrangements for receiving the bodies of four martyrs killed in Jammu and Kashmir. The airport falls under the jurisdiction of DSP (Sachivalaya).
About a decade ago, the dress code issue had raked up a controversy when the then DGP, Anand Shankar, reached the office with a tilak (sacred red mark) on his forehead. The Bihar Police Men’s Association had raised an objection and described it as a violation of dress code and the police manual.
The police manual prohibits cops from wearing caste marks or having the face painted in any manner. The association had raised the issue following the DGP order to all its office-bearers to wear uniform and do duty like regular policemen. The DGP had even refused to meet their delegation as its members were wearing kurta-pyjama.
Earlier this year, the general administration department had also issued a circular on dress code for all the public servants.
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