A top police officer in Jammu and Kashmir today called for creating "specific goals" at district level to stamp out militancy but emphasised on "maximum restraint" and "attitudinal changes" while dealing with public in the valley.
"The officers need to work in tandem with all the security forces and agencies to fight out militancy.
"There is also need to create specific goals in all the districts and work relentlessly to towards these goals (to stamp out militancy)," Special DGP (Coordination and Law and Order) S P Vaid said at a meeting convened here to review the law and order and security situation in the valley.
The meeting was attended by Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, S J M Gillani, DIG, Central Kashmir, G H Bhat, DIG, North Kashmir, Uttam Chand and DIG, South Kashmir, Nitish Kumar besides district police chiefs of the Kashmir Zone, a police spokesman said.
Vaid said the cops posted in police stations or deployed for checking and frisking duties should behave politely with the complainants and people in general by bringing in some "attitudinal changes".
"The District SSPs need to brief and hone the soft skills of the policemen and officers dealing with the public," he said.
While reviewing the law and order situation in the valley, the senior police officer complimented the policemen and the officers for handling the situation but said "a lot remains to be done till complete normalcy is restored in the valley".
He impressed upon the officers to discourage the use of force while dealing with the law and order situations and emphasised on "maximum restraint" till the possible extent.
Referring to the weapon snatching incidents of the recent past, Vaid directed the district SPs to continue with intensive checking of the guards so as to eradicate such incidents completely.
The IGP Kashmir gave a detailed briefing regarding the overall security scenario and law and order situation in the Kashmir Valley.
Gillani enumerated the measures taken by the force to minimize the number of incidents with regard to law and order.
He also highlighted the strategy adopted to continue fight against the militancy more vigorously, the spokesman said.
The spokesman said the DIGs and district SSPs gave power point presentations while discussing the overall security and law and order situations of their respective districts.
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