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PREAMBLE
Recognising
that:
Need
to preserve social order led to the emergence of Police as an
instrument of social control.
Police
in a democratic polity is an instrumentality of the rule of law.
Demands
on police for achieving quick results, while dealing with deviance
and disorder, are commonplace.
This
Citizen Charter seeks to create awareness about the:
Peoples'
rights and duties vis-à-vis police.
Procedure
prescribed by the rule of law in combating crime and criminals.
Constitutional
and legal safeguards against arbitrary exercise of powers by police.
Unsustainability
of expectations and demands, where follow up action presupposes
transgression of legal limits or calls for bypassing or
circumventing the rule of law.
People
friendly initiatives taken by Chandigarh Police.
SERVICES
RENDERED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AND LEGAL RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE INCLUDING ACCUSED PERSONS
SPECIAL RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
GUIDELINES
LAID DOWN BY THE HON’BLE SUPREME COURT IN D.K. BASU CASE
DUTIES
OF AND EXPECTATIONS FROM PEOPLE
COMMUNITY POLICY IN CHANDIGARH
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