Dear friends:

Yet again there is a delay in making contact with you all. Please excuse me. This was due to the pressure of work. Since this is the year-ending, we have to finish so many of our routine duties and this requires a lot of running around. We have also been trying to reach out to the people in many ways.

You may like to know that when we conducted a "Contact the People" programme in Thrissur town, most of the people's representatives, leaders of various unions, etc. expressed very useful suggestions and opinions. It was interesting that many of the participants mentioned that although the police have been organising such functions earlier also, not much action has resulted from such meetings. The point was made that by the time of the next meeting, usually after one year, the police officers would have changed, and therefore the views expressed at the meeting would have been forgotten, and hence there would be no follow ups to the decisions taken at the meeting. I admitted that this held true to some extent. My suggestion at the meeting was that similar meetings could be held on the second Saturday of every month, provided some group or body was willing to host the same. I was happy that the Municipal authorities represented by the Deputy Mayor Sri Radhakrishnan expressed support for this view and promised all support for this move. Therefore it has been decided that a meeting will be held in the Conference Hall of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation on the second Saturday of each month, regarding the problems being faced by the public of Thrissur, relating to the Law and Order situation. Let us wait and see how this decision works out in the implementation stage.

We have been continuing with our "Reach Out to Schools" programme aimed at direct interaction with school students of the District. We have also been able to bring out a special information booklet for providing assistance to the out-of state Sabarimala pilgrim. This booklet, intended to assist devout visitors to Sabarimala and Guruvayoor, has text in three other southern Indian languages, viz. Tamil, Kannada and Telugu, in addition to Malayalam. I am extremely glad that the Malayala Manorama group of publications has accepted the responsibility of printing and distributing these booklets to benefit the pilgrims. We hope that this turns out to be useful for the public.

Three other booklets relating to vehicle thefts, house thefts and atrocities against women are ready for printing and distribution. We expect that these will also prove to be useful and informative to the general public, and result in the prevention of many a crime.

Thanks and regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

26th Nov 2003

Another children’s day has arrived and the managers of www.thrissurpolice.com , viz. OrgPEOPLE, have organized a massive painting festival for children at the Thekkinkadu grounds – a single canvas, one kilometer long, on which Artist Nandan Pillai and hundreds of children will be expressing their creativity. I wish all participants an enjoyable afternoon’s activity and hope that they will let their imagination soar high and free.

On our side, we are conducting contact programmes in schools all over the district, as a continuation of our ongoing project, an activity initiated by our Director General of Police. By such meetings, we are able to get a feel for the views and opinions of the public regarding matters of common interest and I am glad to state that we have received a number of practical suggestions. The response has been very good so far and there have been several innovative suggestions that require very little financial commitment. This is making us more service oriented, with due attention to our motto “Mridu Bhave, Dhrida Krithya”. We will be firm in our duties and soft in our dealings.

We are preparing the next batch of advisory pamphlets containing useful tips for the public, regarding vehicle thefts, robberies, house burglaries, etc. We hope to release them this month itself. It is our sincere wish that they would prove useful to the citizens at large.

We have already started a special section on this website for women and children in June 2003, and we are receiving enthusiastic replies and responses. Thank you all for encouraging us in our endeavours. We promise to continue serving the people to the best of our ability. Best Wishes to each one of you.

Thanks and regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Recently, it is seen that traffic accidents are on the rise, but with no apparent or obvious reason. This seems to be the case all over the state of Kerala. In order to tackle this, we of the police have been implementing certain measures as per the direction of the Director General of Police (DGP), Kerala. We have all along been trying our level best to make people aware that safe travel should be their priority and we hope that everyone will extend their cooperation in this respect. Of late, there have been a few incidents where the citizens have taken the law into their own hands and the resultant troubles have not been easy to bring under control. This is because such incidents offer an opportunity to anti-social elements in society, who take advantage of the unruly scenes to indulge in arson. We have been trying to identify such types of individuals in order to isolate them and take stringent action against them. It is quite understandable that bystanders and witnesses to incidents of rash driving have a tendency to react angrily against the vehicles and their drivers. But it is my opinion that such outbursts of public anger have to be channelised into lawful paths so as to achieve the desired results.

We are now conducting intensive traffic checks all over the District, especially on the Highways and major roads. The inconvenience caused to the public is highly regretted, but nevertheless inescapable, since the aim of such acts is in the public interest. In fact, this is a part of the state-wide campaign being conducted all across the state with the aim of reducing incidents of vehicular accidents. Speed traps are also being set up at various locations, hence my advice to all drivers is to ensure that their driving is safe and proper.

We are also taking action against corruption by means of a special drive against the menace. This is being done at all levels of the police force. In this context, we invite suggestions and specific complaints from members of the public regarding such incidents. You may have realised from my responses to your e-mails that I do mean business and that each one of your complaints and suggestions will be taken care of.

During the on-going month of Ramzan, our Muslim brothers are fasting for the good of the world, and I pray that the Almighty God confers His blessings on each one of them.

Thanks and regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Happy "Diwali" to all of you. Please be careful when lighting your crackers. it is your children or you yourselves likes to get injured. So please be careful.

In a short while we will be launching more leaflets like the one relating to women and children.

We have been receiving very favorable responses to our first leaflet. And I thank one and all of you for taking the time to respond and give your valuable suggestions. We will surely go through all of them and adopt all practical suggestions.

It has been this kind of response that prompted up to venture in producing further leaflets. So please encourage us by sending your real opinions. Rather than accolades real criticism will make us improve things to increase their usefulness for you.

Once again a very happy and sweet "Deepavali" to all of you.

Thanks and regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

You may have already heard through the media that the Kerala Police Academy at Ramavarmapuram, Thrissur has started training a new batch of S.I Trainees (160 trainees) from the beginning of this month. This is a significant milestone in the history of this budding institution. Already, two batches of women police constables has been trained successfully in this institution and they have been placed in various police stations all over Kerala. Their induction has brought a lot of desirable changes in the behavior of their men colleagues with regards to attitude, discipline, etc. These women constables have also taken up their duties with energy and vigor. The beginning of the Officer Training course is an indication of the coming of age of this institution.

If all things go as expected and no hindrance is encountered, the institution will be the foremost Police Training Institution in the whole of India, and indeed even of South Asia. This would be a creditable achievement for Keralites and specially the citizens of Thrissur.

We may all heave a sigh of relief that the rehabilitation process at Marad Beach in Kozhikode has gone off without a hitch. I extend my sincere regards to all those involved in this effort.

It is my intention to continue the "Reach Out to Schools" project in which I will be visiting schools all over the District, interacting with school students and raising their awareness regarding the police organization. The response to this project so far has been quite good and it is my experience that the intelligence seen in our school students has the capacity of putting even experienced police officers under close scrutiny. They are keenly watching socially interesting developments and taking an active interest in current events. My interactions with them have been uniformly positive and challenging.

The goonda menace in the District has been brought under control to a great extent, during the course of the last one year. However, it is not yet time to stop our efforts as yet, in order to get rid of this social menace. The involvement and encouragement of all socially aware citizens is essential to ensure a successful end to this campaign. Our aim is to develop each one of our police officers into Defenders of Justice and Challengers of Evil. In this endeavor, we are guided by our motto: " Mridu Bhave Dhrida Krithya", viz. "Polite Behavior with Stern Action!"

Thanks and regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

In spite of our best efforts, the roads within the Corporation of Thrissur do not seem to be getting adequate attention from the Corporation. Much time is lost by vehicles in negotiating these pot-holed roads and the damage caused to the vehicles adds to the loss incurred by the Public Exchequer. Accidents are caused by the maneuvers of drivers, swerving and braking to avoid some of these hindrances to the smooth flow of traffic. It is my feeling that proper maintenance of these public roads will be extremely beneficial in ensuring a reduction in road accidents.

We have designed and published an appropriate booklet containing specific instructions regarding certain social misdemeanors and crimes. I feel that this booklet will go a long way in encouraging members of society to take a more active role in tackling petty criminals and anti-social elements. This booklet is primarily aimed at school students and the so-called weaker sex in assisting them to deal effectively with these hindrances. Please do contact us for more information on this activity.

It seems that there are some people in the jurisdiction who do not want people to live peacefully. They pick up small matters, get offended by these small incidents and then instigate clashes. The police have to arrange pickets, start patrolling during the day and night, etc. We know that this causes a lot of inconvenience to the public, but are helpless in the matter. To weed out antisocial elements from coming into the are, we need to go through with these exercises. Please do excuse the inconvenience caused by such activities of ours.

In Kandanissery, there was the matter of an RSS shakha conducted within the precincts of a temple. It was an unarmed exercise hence the police could do nothing to do with this, unless the owner of such premises make a complaint. Since temple authorities rarely complain, certain sections of the people and their intolerance led to clashes among groups of people and caused injuries to several individuals. I wish to state that increased tolerance towards each other allied with care to follow proper procedures in dealing with public activities, viz. registering complaints, taking the matter to local authorities, etc. are a better way to deal with such incidents. It needs to be mentioned here that there are a few individuals who take pleasure in creating incidents such as these, and in inciting public clashes. Increased awareness among the common public is essential to ensure that such incidents do not take place or at the very least, are minimised in order to engender a more peaceful atmosphere within society.

With warm regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Greetings to all of you. Due to the cessation of the students' agitation, this independence day has passed off very peacefully indeed. I commend everyone for their cooperation in ensuring an incident-free Independence Day.

I had mentioned in one of my earlier editorials that we shall be releasing, very soon, special public interest booklets that are intended for the benefit of women and children. The first of these is in the final stages of completion and we plan to release this booklet very shortly. In the coming days, we will also be releasing booklets aimed at tackling offences such as vehicle thefts, burglary, and other criminal acts. I invite suggestions from all those of you who may have specific ideas in these matters.

At the start of the 57th year of our Country's independence from foreign rule, let us all take a pledge to put up a joint front against terrorism, goondaism, and anti-social activities such as drug and alcohol abuse. Let us also strive to eliminate all forms of social violence that tend to tear apart the social fabric of our communities. I wish to request each one of you to assist us in putting an end to such evil tendencies in our midst, by providing us with timely and accurate information. However, please do spare a thought for possible innocent victims of false or inaccurate information, since we are duty-bound to follow up on all leads, some of which may lead to discomfort or humiliation for innocent bystanders as well. We hope to avoid all such unnecessary and unfortunate incidents with your help and cooperation.

This year's Independence Day Parade by Police witnessed the participation of a full contingent of Vanitha police for the first time ever, and I am happy to state that their performance was indeed commendable. I extend my best wishes to each one of them.

I am also happy to announce that the all-round performance of the specially constituted Highway Police Squad for the Thrissur District has been adjudged to be the best, from all over the State of Kerala. I am sure that this accolade will act as a spur in their professional future, encouraging them to strive ever harder in public interest. I congratulate them for their avhievement, on behalf of the public of Thrissur.

I continue to be at your service, on behalf of the members of the Thrissur Police, and seek to provide an improved array of services in coming weeks and months. Please do feel free to communicate with me through this website on any matter whatever. Regards and Best wishes.

Thanking you,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Another Onam is gone. Not a sensational one. But mostly peaceful. Except for some disturbances in Kantanisseri, it was a peaceful Onam in Thrissur District.

On 09th Sept 2003 we have launched a programme "CITY STRIKERS' to patrol Thrissur City on Motor Cycles. Five motor cycles equipped with wireless sets, blinking lights, sirens etc on which one Sub-Inspector and one Police Constables will be riding, generally to control traffic, reach trouble spots including accident spots quickly, handle drunkers, anti-social elements, speeding of vehicles, reach spots at the earliest so that the police has correct first hand information about incidents, respond quickly to calls received on "100" etc. The best feature is that call on "100" will be conveyed to the nearest City Striker who will reach the spot without time delay. Response time is reduced considerably. There was to be one Vanitha Sub-Inspector and Vanitha Police Constable on one motor cycle but due to in experience on the vehicle provided she could not start the vehicle patrolling. Anyhow the Vanitha SI started the patrolling with a male constable.

The City Strikers was flagged off by Sri. Venugopal K Nair IPS, I G of Police (North Zone), Kozhikode in the presence of Sri. Y. Anilkumar IPS, DIG, Thrissur Range and other police officers.

I request the general public to co-operate with the City Strikers and take maximum advantage of this new arrangements. If this is successful such arrangements will come in other Cities also.

I'm sorry to say that the system of taking offence on small incidents and attacking each other and their houses are continuing. The incidents in Kantanissery is another case in point. I hope the leaders and general public will see reason and stop such anti-social activity. Let the minds of the younger generation be not corrupted by destructive and poisonous ideas and let them become true citizens of peaceful Thrissur.

Instead of clashing with each other let the youths think about how to regulate and remove shambling blocks in the smoothening of the traffic system in Thrissur City so that the traffic blocks are avoided and the traveling of public can reach their destinations without undue delay.

We, on our side trying our best to provide good and effective policing. To remove the stress experienced by the police-men in work and personal life we are holding classes on stress relief, yogas etc so that they are able to attend to their work without undue stress and more effectively. This has been started under the directives of our DGP.

By the by we are trying to provide more people friendly and service oriented policing for the benefit of the general public, We seek your whole hearted cooperation in this matter.

Thanks and regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Excuse me if my interaction with you is not continuous and in time. That is due to pressure of work alone.

I have been writing about 'goonda' activity. If you see the video clippings of many, a agitation you can observe that there is a savage expression on the face of the participants when they attack public property as well as police-men. Whether they make this for the benefit of the video cameras? I don't know. Anyhow most of the people do not have any actual grievance against the police. The frenzy is created artificially for the benefit of few. When they find enjoyment in such activities, a large number of them turn to 'goonda' activity on a big scale or occasional activity. It is sad to note that it is mostly youth, below the age of thirty, who were caught for goonda activities. According to me, the parents and the public, in general, have so much to do for preventing or sealing down such activities. Let us hope for the sake of the country that they will do their duty.

Now, the Onam Season is almost on us and the thefts are likely to increase. During last season we were able to control pick-pocketing of the Onam money by bringing in all the pick-pocketers we could pick up. Many thefts occur due to the carelessness of the people. They purchase many valuable things from a shop, leave it in their cars without locking and go to the next shop for purchasing more items by promising themselves that they will return quickly. But purchasing as it is time taking process and when they return nothing will be left of the previous purchase. The vehicle is also likely to be lifted.

Last time we issued a set of warnings and instructions and I think that they were useful and effective. We will do it this time around also.

Regarding vehicle thefts, I think the most effective preventive measure would be to install alarm in the car, so that even if som body touches the car the alarm will go. Thief know the method to handle all other pre-cautionary measures. Keeping less fuel in the vehicle also helps some times. See that the registration of the vehicle is changed to your name immediately after purchase. See if it is an original R.C. Otherwise it could be a stolen vehicle and your money is gone. Building natural obstructions between the car and gate also helps to a certain extends. Anyhow it pays to be careful always.

Thanking you,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Thanks for the responses to the earlier communication. I feel that the young people have to be given an aim or a dream to achieve. They need to be taught about human values. How to put ourselves in our adversaries shoes in a crunchy situation and think what would have been our reaction. They are full of energy. They have to be shown how to channelise their excess energy to their best advantage and also to the best advantage of the society without adversely affecting the community at large.

Our website is assuming new proportions, becoming more people-friendly and more useful. Please be on the lookout, it can be observed very shortly.

You are getting an opportunity to give complaints to your SP in Malayalam. You need not make any special efforts for the same or have special technical upgradation. Just follow the directions given on the website itself to download the necessary software and just type awa y!!

We are also adding tips and advices for different sections of society. This is being done in instalments. The top priority is for children and women. Expect leaflets on this subject shortly. You can take copies of the same and circulate even. That will be a social service. We also aim to print this out and circulate. But you knwo there are definite financial constraints.

We also aim to bring out leaflets on how to prevent vehicle thefts, house thefts, cheating, robbery, etc. Please watch out.

As instructed by our new DGP (Director General of Police), we also propose to have closer contacts with our children with our schools programme. We are chalking out the modalities and programmes and you will be hearing from us shortly.

I sincerely think that these things will make the police force more open, people friendly and closer to our citizens.

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

I'm sorry I am not able to communicate with you as often as I would like. Please understand that this is mainly due to the heavy work load of a District Superintendent of Police besides the occasional personal inconvenience common to all human beings.

Recently you have been hearing through the media, both printed as well as visual, that 'goonda' activity in Thrissur is on the increase. I'm sure you all know that 'goonda' activity has been going on for years together here. In fact due to the recent intense police activity it has actually come down somewhat. However since both visual and print media have been regionalised with local editions, city channels etc, more importance is being given to local news. Hence, small incidents that would otherwise go un-noticed tend to be given prominence and are highlighted as sensational occurrences. An example is a recent attack by one person on the shop of his own brother due to financial disputes between them. This incident was described in the media as a 'goonda' attack caused by failure to make the required 'goonda fee'. The local merchants association even conducted a hartal alleging police in-efficiency citing this incident as a goonda activity. How Unfortunate!!!

It is widely known that loan sharks and 'kuri' organizers have been the starting point of goonda activity. These people employ muscle-men to recover money from defaulters. These 'strong-men' subsequently setup their own network of paid anti-social elements who are willing to engage in goonda activities for a fee, on behalf of those who require these services. This has been going on for years here and it is not possible for any agency to eliminate this overnight. Please accept my firm assurance that we are doing our best to rid society of this menace.

Even though merchants complain through the media about increased goonda activity, the police are yet to recieve any specific complaints from any of them in this regard. We are unable to take any action without any written complaint. I would like to inform my viewers that in the rare instances where we have received such complaints, cases have been registered and strong action taken against the culprits.

It is the responsibility of each one of us to think seriously about such matters. Young people are increasingly attracted to such anti-social activities, leading to unfortunate incidents and causing harassment to members of society. This is very serious social problem affecting the entire community. Please do think about this seriously and communicate your views to me.

regards,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

The chain-snatchers are in custody. But please do not relax. Others like them are around but not active at present. Please do not tempt them by openly flaunting your valuables. Please bear with for being over cautious.

The monsoon rains have set in and this is the time when common thieves become active. You may wonder why I continue to speak about thieves all the time. Please understand that preventing theft is a major function of the police. During the rainy season, it is but natural that the sleep of house owners and their families is of a higher intensity and this provides an opportunity for thieves to break-in to their houses. Please ensure that you take adequate precautions to protect your family and your valuables by following certain safe guards such as strengthening the exits from the house. Normally people strengthen their front doors but overlook the back and side doors. Outside bathroom doors are also weak in many houses especially older ones. Please do take the necessary steps to ensure your own security. In case of vehicles it is advantageous to install an alarm system to prevent any instance of burglary.

Now about less scary matters. While moving in traffic and somebody behind wishes to overtake, often it is found that car drivers switch on their right indicators. May I remind you that such confusing signals are a major cause of road accidents. Experienced drivers know that correct indicator would be the left indicator, signaling to the driver behind that it is safe to overtake from the right. I feel it is necessary to mention this particularly since I have observed this occurrence quite a few times recently.

About children. Parents please tell them that the police especially the traffic police is there to help them therefore ask them to correctly obey their direction for the safety and security of your children. We have started traffic units in Chalakudy, Kodungallore, Guruvayoor and Kunnamkulam for better traffic management. I sincerely hope they are helpful to the public. Shortly they will be given wireless sets for better inter communication.

At your service,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

The schools have opened prior to this there were a number of chain snatching cases all over the District. The culprits are almost in the hands of the Police. Let me assure you that there is nothing to fear regarding this at present. However it pays to be cautious and my advice to everybody is to try and avoid unnecessary display of jewellery in public. There is a need for everybody to be conscious of the threat of chain snatching incidents since there are number of such criminals around. The Thrissur District Police is ever alert to prevent such occurrences, and we request your co-operation.

The school children are also facing various problems such as, buses not stopping for them and not allowing everybody to get in, the increase in traffic making it difficult for them to cross roads etc. In connection with the schools reopening we have deployed more Policemen at strategic points with instruction to be vigilant and helpful. I request all parents to take an interest in the movements of their wards and to instruct them in safety measures to be followed on public roads. On our part we have tried to make bus operators and staff aware of the problems of children and to involve them in alleviating the difficulties faced by children traveling by public transport.

You will have noticed that we have activated a special section for women and children in this website. Anybody who clicks on the icon visible in the homepage will be enabled to communicate directly with me by means of the feedback form provided therein. You may type in your messages directly in the space provided on the form with as much detail as possible and send it to me by clicking the "SEND" button. Rest assured that all such messages will be treated with confidentiality and appropriate action will be taken promptly.

I wish all my young friends a successful school year.

with best wishes,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

One more Pooram has passed off. This has been an incident free one, thanks to the cooperation of all concerned. Our aim was to facilitate all the people to observe the pooram without any hindrance or inconvenience. A certain extent of inconvenience is likely to occur since such a number of people congregating at a place is bound to create problems. But I'm happy to say that the people cooperated with the authorities patiently and therefore everyone was able to enjoy the pooram festival right from pooram exhibition, Aanachamayam exhibition, sample fireworks, etc to the pakal pooram. It was indeed a pleasure to see people from all communities participating in the pooram and enjoying it immensely. That this festival was conducted in the shadow of Marad happenings is specially significant.

Since the festivities went on like clockwork at correct time intervals, the police officials were also able to carry out their duties very well. We were also able to deploy sufficient officers including women constables to control and assist the public. We are proud to have provided effective support and assistance to the people to the best of our ability.

Eventhough such a great personality as the Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakodi Peedom attended the festivities, there was no inconvenience to the people or unnecessary restriction.

It is commendable that on the advice of police department a separate enclosure was made for foreign tourists near temple entrance. They were able to observe kudamattom festivities without any hindrance from beginning to the end.

The pooram committee and others concerned were able to reduce noise of the fireworks without compromising the famed pomp and glory, it was greatly enjoyed by those present.

I would like to place those who are in charge of conducting the pooram festival the following;
It will be convenient if the facilities for foreign tourists are expanded and made more convenient. Also some provisions need to be made for women and children attending the pooram to see kudamattom without the interference of trouble-makers and eve-teasers.

Here, I wish to share with you a personal matter. I took charge as the Superintendent of Police of Thrissur Dist on 10th of May 2002. Hence this years Thrissurpooram was, by God's grace, the first anniversary of my appointment. I'm thankful to the discerning public and the authorities of various institutions I have interacted with who have made my tenure here memorable. Whether I was able to deliver as expected of me is to be decided by the citizens of Thrissur and my Superior Officers in the Police Department.

with best wishes,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

I'm writing this at a time when the Pooram preparation are in full swing. We are also modernizing our website adding new features and providing new avenues of interaction. Please wait to observe what they are. Even now our website managers are striving hard to broad-base their activities, expansion of our website is a part of it.

Now about this year's Thrissur Pooram. Once again, the festival of Thrissur is drawing near. All arrangements are nearing completion for this year's festival. Already the 'kodiyettam' ceremonies of the principal participants have taken place in preparation for the grand festival which falls on Saturday, May 10th, 2003. (Please click here to view A photo gallery about the Thrissur Pooram festival)

We have made adequate arrangements so that the public can view the pomp and glory of the pooram and enjoy the festivities to the maximum, all along keeping traditions intact and religious content without any change. Separate announcements will be made regarding traffic and other arrangements we have made, in time.

We are drawing police officers and men from neighboring districts also. Our women-police, strengthened and fortified by new recruits, will enable us to devote more attention for protection and assistance to ladies and children attending the festival. The police academy will also send it's recruits to assist the existing women constabulary, thereby gaining experience in police work.

We of the Police Department request the public attending this prestigious festival to keep decorum and behave in an exemplary manner, obeying all lawful direction of the police, volunteers and officials of the pooram committee in such a way that visitors to the pooram from other parts of the state may depart with a pleasant feeling of having participated in a well conducted orderly and beautifully wondrous festival.

The fire-work display is expected to be wonderful and the concerned authorities have been asked to make it less noisy and more colourful. This is necessary since, the noise if produced in excess, would cause irreparable damage to our venerable and ancient Vadakkunathan Temple.

I hope you will all enjoy the festivities and take home a wonderful feeling of togetherness camaraderie and happiness. Even though the unfortunate incidents in Marad have cast a shadow of sadness, it is hoped that time will heal the wounds and that vengeance will not prevail.

with best wishes,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Even though there were some unfortunate incidents involving policemen in other parts of the State Thrissur had been incident free except for a few stray occurrences. These small incidents will always be there and have become a part of the general law and order scenario. The people have unrestricted access to intoxicating liquors and all people consuming alcoholic drinks will not be able to keep it down and behave decently. Alcoholic drinks remove natural inhibition allowing the animal within to be released. Whether the animal behaves normally or indecently will depend upon the circumstances and the environment. Anyway you can rest assured that this animal will not behave humanely.

As long as such things continue there will be stray incidents. They can be taken care of by us in the usual course. Only when they are turned political or communal by interested parties to achieve their ends. It is in this matter that the involvement of the common people becomes important. If the common public discerns such things a peaceful life could be ensured and enjoyed. Another menace is the glorification of rowdies by a section of the public mainly the younger generation. You may have seen the crowds at the time of the funeral rites of a notorious rowdy such as Chapli Biju. These rowdies are projected as heroes by interested parties so that the young people who see the adoration and adulation given to them are attracted to lead such life. No restrictions on liquor, no body to control your way of life, you are free to do anything you want and the public fear and adore you at the same time. It is as if you are on top of the world.

By concerted action the police department has done a lot of work in controlling the rowdies and restricting their activity. We have also tried to show them in the true perspective. However, I do not claim that we have succeeded to any considerable extent.

It is for the general public to take up the issue, devise their own ways of controlling and correcting their youth lest they become the cancer of the community. If you do not take up the issue in time it is the youth of this District, that is your future, which will go to the dogs.

Thanking you,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

It has been a long time I was unable to find enough time to correspond with you. Sorry excuse me.

It is time that if I have tried strongly enough and if somebody had prompted me with perseverance I could have gone through the exercise and produced some jottings. But we cannot roll back time and let gones be bye gones.

I had aimed to make and announcement expanding our Kerala Police Games and Athletic meet, 34th version, scheduled to be held from 28th - 30th Mar,2003. But due to serious law and order incidents all over the state the meet had to be postponed twice. Now I think that it would have been in appropriate tp announce the meet and change the dates twice and thrice.

Anyhow the meet was conducted from 10th -12th Apr, 2003 at the Corporation Stadium, Thrissur. The meet was a success, thanks to the Organising Committee headed by Dr. Alexander Jacob, IGP, Training and Director Kerala Police Academy. The untiring leadership and enthusiasm provided by Sri. V Anilkumar, DIG, Thrissur Range as the Organising Secretary was also a reason for the success of the venture.

The performance of the athletes was very good. Our Women Police Constables also took part in the games enthusiastically. Even the recruit WPCs undergoing training at the Kerala Police Academy performed walk and did then unite in making the meet a success.

P T display by the recruit WPCs and the specially trained PCs of KAP I and IV were a feast for the eyes of the spectators.

The meet was inaugurated by the Hon. Minister of Finance Srri. Sankaranarayanan and closing ceremony was provided over by none other than Sri. A K Antony, Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala. Our beloved DGP Sri. K J Joseph was present in Thrissur through out the function days.

The cultural meet held after the Games showed the policemen and women also can sing a song and dance and perform other art forms including fancy dress.

The mascot for the meet was a running elephant in keeping with the tradition of elephant loving people of Thrissur.

The general public and institution and leading Citizens and all of them helped to make the meet a success and we in the Police Department are thankful to all of them. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Thanking you,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

Welcome to another jottings from your SP.

Naturally our effort is to make Thrissur District a better and peaceful place to live in; where people can move about in any place without fear of an attack by anti-social elements; where they can drive their vehicles without a rash driver jamming his vehicle into theirs; where ladies can travel the streets of the area without being molested or troubled. Though we do not claim 100% succession in our endevours (which is not humanly possible also) we are now able to say that atleast something has been achieved. Alot of anti-social elements have been putbehind bars and have been brought under control of the law. Youngsters are slowly realising that crime does not pay. We will continue our work in spite of all odds.

Now it is the turn of the Citizens. You have seen the large number of youngsters thronging at the funeral of the anti-social elements. I do not understand whether they do it for the thrill of it or for the daring adoration of the daring deeds of the criminal or because they are one's willing followers. It is definitely bad. It is the duty of all parents, social organizations, political organizations etc to wean away the youngsters from this dangerous trend. On behalf of the peace-loving Citizens of the District I do sincerely and earnestly hope that they will succeed in the endevour.

Recently, we have been able to apprehend some notorious anti-social elements engaged in crimes like dacoity, armed attacks etc. we promise the citizens that we will continue this efforts unabated.

Thanking you,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS

I was at New Delhi in connection with a training from 11th to 20th Jan 2003. Due to this and other urgent official engagements I was not able to correspond with you periodically.

The festival season is on. All religious denomination are celebrating their different festivals with utmost pomp and festivities. It seems that for most of the people festivity means consuming as much liquor as possible. This undermines their natural behavior and make him into an animal which reciprocates sharply and destructively with vengeance at any opportunity. People also see festival venues as places where they can retaliate for past real or imagined slights and indignities. All these create problems for the police and causes all kinds of inconvenience for the common people who have no axe to find and who wants to only enjoy the festivities undisturbed. I sincerely request the public to bear in mind the desire of the common people and allow them to enjoy the festivities peacefully. Those people who have axes to grind and scores to settle please postpone it to some other time or otherwise approach us with the problem so that we can sort it out nicely. I hope you all share my concern and act accordingly.

While observing the traffic during checking and at other times it is observed that many of the people driving all kinds of vehicles are either ignorant of the traffic signals or not. For example, when crossing junctions most of the vehicles show both the indicators together. It is not necessary. When you do not show any indicator it means that you are not turning and going straight. Showing both indicators together should be only in times of emergency. Also, when overtaking some vehicles especially lorries show their right indicator meaning that overtaking can be done by the right. But the signal actually means that you are going to turn right. Then how can anyone overtake you? Therefore in such circumstances you put on your left indicator to show that you are keeping to the left and the vehicle behind you will overtake without fear. More about this later.

Thanking you,

G. Janardhanan Nair IPS