An upheaval in the State police department is on the cards soon after the new government takes charge with TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy swearing in as the Chief Minister on Thursday.
Shifting of officers from the top brass down to the sub-division level is inevitable in the backdrop of the Congress leaders and public representatives accusing some police officers of partisan attitude when they were in the Opposition. What remains to be seen is if the government would change the functioning of the police department with regard to postings of officers and handling of cases.
“Though officially no one spoke, it is a known secret that postings of Sub-Inspectors, Inspectors and Deputy Superintendents of Police were given mostly on the basis of the consent letter of a local MLA. There are exceptions but rare,” said retired police officer Peddireddy Thirupathi Reddy. Having joined police department as an SI in 1970 and retired in 2003, Mr. Reddy worked as a resource person for training police personnel in different parts of the country.
