Chennai, May 9 (BPNS)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has said that the state government would provide comprehensive training to the state police to inculcate friendly behaviour towards the public. He was speaking in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly after tabling the police note of the Home, prohibition and excise department on Monday. He said that the comprehensive training for the police is designed in association with the Anna Administrative Staff College, Chennai.
Stalin said that the government is bent to ensure that the state police behave with a human touch with the general public. The statement of the Chief Minister comes after allegations over two back-to-back custodial deaths on April 19 and April 26th in the state of Chennai and Tiruvannamalai.
Chief Minister however said that the state police force has been a frontline warrior and had given its best while safeguarding the public during the tough Covid -19 times.
He said that the state government has initiated effective measures to ensure that the police department considered the members of the public as friends and treated them with respect and courtesy.
Stalin during the discussion in the house also said that the contribution of the force in providing effective governance was essential to rapid industrial growth, economic development, and the overall prosperity of the state.
He also said that since his government took over power in May 2021, there have not been any significant law and order problems in the state and no instance of communal, caste, or religious disturbance and that the police was effective in marinating proper law and order in the state.
The Chief Minister said that the government was committed to ensuring a harmonious environment for the all-around development of the state.
