Cops to get weekly off to reduce work stress

Coimbatore: City police commissioner Deepak M Damor has introduced the provision of mandatory weekly off for all the police personnel from the rank of deputy commissioner of police (DCP) to constable.
“Police personnel have been working tirelessly round the clock. The weekly off system will help lessen the work stress and they can spend more time with their families,” the top cop said.
In an order on June 29, Deepak M Damor said DCP (law & order) T Jayachandran could avail the weekly offs on July 3, 11, 17, 25 and 31, when DCP (crime) E S Uma or DCP (headquarters) S Selvaraj would hold the additional charge.
As per the order, additional deputy commissioners of police, assistant commissioners of police and inspectors of all the 15 law & order and as many investigation wing police stations, traffic police, women police, and the traffic investigation wing police could avail the weekly off.
The city police commissioner said a chart mentioning the weekly off of police officers from the rank of DCP to inspector would be prepared every month with his approval. “They may swap the weekly off among them if required for any important law & order duty or urgent investigation. The officers should obtain separate permission, if they want to avail leave in addition to the weekly off.”
Deepak M Damor said the police inspectors (station house officers) would allocate the weekly off to sub-inspectors of police, head constables and constables. The constables could avail the off in the week days.