{"id":8796,"date":"2020-07-23T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/?p=8796"},"modified":"2020-07-23T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T11:00:57","slug":"on-cms-directives-6355-punjab-police-personnel-withdrawn-from-non-core-duties-to-boost-covid-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepunjabwire.com\/?p=8796","title":{"rendered":"ON CM\u2019S DIRECTIVES, 6355 PUNJAB POLICE PERSONNEL WITHDRAWN FROM NON-CORE DUTIES TO BOOST COVID PREPAREDNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>202 COVID RESERVES CREATED IN DISTRICTS, 20 IN ARMED BATTALIONS TO ENSURE ENFORCEMENT OF COVID NORMS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chandigarh, July 23:- Acting on the Chief Minister\u2019s directives, the Punjab Police has withdrawn 6355 personnel from non-core duties to create COVID Reserves and reinforce its field force at police stations and in the Armed Battalions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While 202 COVID Reserves have been created in police stations across districts, another 20 have been constituted in the Armed Battalions, to improve operational readiness for enforcement of the various safety norms and protocols in place in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The manpower mobilisation exercise was undertaken from July 17, and as of July 23, 3669 personnel were part of the 202 COVID Reserves in districts while 475 were in the COVID Reserves of the Armed Battalions, disclosed DGP Dinkar Gupta. 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