Is the beat system suffering due to dearth of cops ?
Tribune News Service CHANDIGARH, Jan 11 The beat system revived by the Chandigarh Police for assisting the residents in coping with their day-to-day problems is reportedly suffering ever since two companies of Punjab Police commandoes were called back by their parent state. The companies deployed largely to maintain law and order during the dharnas and rallies or at places where tension was brewing, even at barriers to help in general checking were reportedly sent back after personnel of the Indian Reserve Battalion, posted in Punjab, were sent for the Maha Kumb Mela. Sources in the Police Department maintained that the beat constables, in the absence of the commandoes, were now being deployed for maintaining law and order, adversely affecting the system in the process. They added that the presence of beat constables was essential in building personal relationships with the local residents. They also claimed that an order recently passed by a senior police officer asking the office sta
