Top cop scraps stn intelligence section

Coimbatore: City police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham has issued an order abolishing the station intelligence section (station IS) system. The move comes days after he transferred seven stations IS officers, who were facing corruption charges.
In the order that was issued on Wednesday the city top cop said the independent body was introduced to gather vital intelligence in the city. Directly controlled by the city police commissioner, it had officers in the ranks of additional deputy commissioner, inspectors, sub inspectors, head constables and constables.
The station IS staff members were appointed by the inspectors of respective police stations. They, however, brought disgrace to the police department by working for the benefit of police inspectors and involving in corruption.
As corruption charges mounted on some station IS staff members, the city police commissioner had recently transferred seven of them from Big Bazaar, RS Puram, Podanur, Kuniyamuthur, Singanallur, Peelamedu and Race Course police stations to the city armed reserve police.
Davidson Devasirvatham also held a meeting with other police officials and issued the order to abolish the station IS system. As per the order, police stations hereafter cannot appoint a cop as station IS staffer. There is also a ban on using the name station IS. He has asked all the assistant police commissioners and police inspectors ensure compliance to the order.