“We assure everyone that with this new complex, Delhi Police will be able to serve society with renewed vigour and self-confidence,” he said. Police chief Patnaik said the Delhi Police is privileged to have got its own headquarters on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel. He also paid tribute to the Delhi Police personnel who had lost their lives in the 2001 Parliament attack and in the 2008 Batla House encounter. When we celebrate festivals with families, these personnel stand guard to ensure that our celebrations are not ruined,” the home minister said, adding that the police also need to be proactive and responsive towards redressing grievances of the public
They work in areas that have temperatures of minus 44 degrees Celsius or plus 44 degrees. It’s only the security personnel who do not look at the clock while performing duties. “Such a negative projection demoralises our police force. He observed that the police are often projected in a negative light in popular media, but the sacrifices made by officers and personnel to ensure the safety of citizens are seldom highlighted. Shah stressed on the need to acknowledge the “hard” duties that security personnel on the street as well as those at the border perform in “unfavourable conditions”. He emphasised that several steps have been taken to ensure this, including improving vigil at borders and cracking down on cartels involved in manufacture and smuggling of fake currency and narcotics. The offices of police commissioner, Amulya Patnaik, and special commissioners became active at the new headquarters Thursday, even though the construction and fitting work on the floors above four are still in progress.Īddressing the gathering, Shah said internal security is a priority for the Narendra Modi government. The force’s old headquarters was at the Public Works Department Building in ITO, where it had been since 1975-76. Its newly constructed 17-floor building was inaugurated by Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the country’s first home minister.Ĭonstructed at a cost of ₹286 crore and spread over 8.092 acres, the complex is the first headquarters that officially belongs to the Delhi Police - till Thursday the city police was operating out of various rented buildings since its formation in 1948. Jai Singh Road in central Delhi, near Bangla Sahib Gurdwara, is the new address of the Delhi Police headquarters.