Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of Home and Border Affairs, Yanthungo Patton on Thursday highlighted the various steps undertaken by the Nagaland Police on War on drugs, police reforms and various other issues confronting the department during a press conference held at the Conference Hall PHQ, Kohima.

Informing that Nagaland Government has set up a High Level Committee headed by the DGP Nagaland, Rupin Sharma, IPS to look into the restructuring and reorganization of Nagaland Police, Home Minister Patton said that it was felt that the State Police has grown in numbers but there is an urgent need to make it more efficient on functional and operational lines so that it can effectively deal with current problems as well as for the future.

“The Committee will also recommend what are the gaps in resources so that we can make up the deficit. The Committee will look into all aspects of policing through this exercise,” said Patton.

Pointing out that the Nagaland Police is predominantly armed police centric with Battalions and armed branch comprising almost 75%, Patton said that this may have been a requirement in the past but with changing times, there is a pressing need to re-orient and refocus on the investigation and related functions like forensic and prosecution etc.

He said that manpower and resource allocations are skewed towards armed police duties and not towards investigation and law enforcement. Adding to this, Nagaland home minister also said that numerous posts and branches have been created without proper allocation of commensurate resources and often such posts and the officers assigned have remained virtually non-functional.

“There is a pressing need to rectify such situations so that the faith and trust of the public and society can be established and enhanced,” added Patton.

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