Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. File image | Photograph Credit score: PTI
The State Authorities will refill 8,000 vacant posts within the police division as per the announcement made on this yr’s Price range, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah assured on Sunday (March 29, 2026).
Addressing the passing out parade of the forty sixth batch of trainee Sub Inspectors of Police (Civil) at Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) in Mysuru, Mr Siddaramaiah stated the Authorities had stuffed up 4,911 vacant posts within the division final three years together with the 327 sub inspectors, who had been inducted into service on Sunday.
He reiterated the Authorities’s dedication to fill 8,000 vacant posts within the residence division.
Calling upon the police officers to serve the society with integrity and honesty, Mr Siddaramaiah stated the officers needn’t fear about their members of the family whereas they’re on responsibility.
Construct a drug-free society
Emphasizing the Authorities’s dedication to constructing a drug-free society, Mr Siddaramaiah known as upon the police personnel to take motion towards these concerned within the manufacture and sale of narcotics inside their jurisdictions.
He warned that medication have a devastating impression on youth and that society’s well-being can’t be preserved with out eliminating this menace. “Sincere efforts on this route are important”, he stated.
He stated the police mustn’t compromise beneath any circumstances within the supply of justice. Self-discipline, restraint, honesty and humanity are important in police service, he stated.
In view of the caste-based construction within the society, Mr Siddaramaiah stated it’s the accountability of the police to guard the poor, Dalits, ladies and different susceptible sections of the society.
Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, he stated that true freedom is achieved solely when ladies can transfer freely at midnight with out worry. Each particular person in society will need to have entry to financial and social equality. “Subsequently, police should uphold justice with out compromise and guarantee safety and equal alternatives for all”, he stated.
Stating that the police personnel perform as representatives of the federal government, he stated their major accountability is to take care of legislation and order.
humanity
He additionally suggested the police personnel to behave with humanity and preserve a pleasant strategy in the direction of the general public.
Nevertheless, he stated there isn’t a want for the police to point out any leniency in the direction of criminals whereas compassion have to be prolonged to the harmless.
He additionally identified that coaching must be a steady and integral a part of their skilled life and burdened the significance of using the coaching they underwent to curb cybercrime and different newer types of crime.
Quoting BR Ambedkar, Mr Siddaramaiah stated a simply society can’t be constructed if energy stays concentrated within the palms of some. The rich could try to misuse their monetary affect, however police should not succumb to such temptations, he cautioned.
Revealed – March 29, 2026 03:14 pm IST