The Sri Lankan
POLICE department celebrates their 148th Anniversary, almost a century and a half. I personally believe that it is not an easy
survival not only as a department but also as the group of Officials of all
level. I think they are directly dealing
with people. People is not a less heavy term, it is a heavy term if you try to
understand it in its deepest meaning.
There is a saying
in Sinhala and this saying people relate to any task that a persona complete
with difficulties facing a risk’ ‘athure
yanawa wage’
Coconut toddy is
very well known to everyone even the tourists who often or rarely visit our
country are aware of this AND do not be mistaken it is not known as illegal
Arrack or something similar.
Again, Athura
do not be mistaken it is not athuraya
it is ‘athura’. Athuraya is a different
term and gives totally different meaning. For those who do ‘toddy making’, toddy
tapping as a business or as a extra source of income, normally follow a
traditional method of doing it.
I am not quite
sure whether it has any modern ways of doing it. What so ever, the nature of
this type of toddy tapping is that the tapper has to walk along tiny wires tied
to the two corners of two coconut trees.
Have a look at
these pictures to get an idea of the work. It is RISKY though they have the
fullest confidence OF THEIR ROLES AND WORK.
If the toddy
tapper, makes a tiny mistake, for instance ‘loosing his concentration’, his
life will be in danger. They face it everyday. the TRICK of doing it accurately
is using an‘ EAGLE EYE’ methodology and STRATEGY OF GOOD CONCENTRATION.
So I believe there
are certain ‘professions’ in this existing world of millions of professions that
‘risk’ comes wrapping with their official suits or coats or I must say titles’.
POLICE is one of such departments and professions.
Do not just
measure the literary meaning of ‘athure
yanawa’ take its all facets and weigh or measure thinking of world POLICE
situations. Sri Lanka is not the only
country that this department is playing a major role, Sri Lanka is one of
them.
Intelligence
Services and its units play an immensely immeasurable role when it comes to
considering or measuring the WORLD PEACE Situations. FBI OR
CIA any hearts and minds who battle for look after justice of world is very
well connected with each net work and it is highly ESSENTIAL.
Exchanging INFORMATION
relevant to each country and to maintain PEACE and HARMONY at global level is highly
important and I guess is a current need of the global security situations.
Such AUTHORIZED networks
should be unbreakable in any of the harsh or difficult moments and should be strengthen,
encouraged in everyway. And I believe it is happening and is a need.
I guess when it
comes to global peace no need to hold competitions to rate or compare ‘ the
most powerful department of the globe . ACCURACY OF DUTY allows them to earn their
own positions automatically.
Daily INSPECTIONS,
their abilities to read under side of any area is highly important to maintain
peace situations of any community globally.
I like to believe
that police is one of the professions of the authorized official net work of
‘security forces’ that has to be responsible for ‘PEOPLE” that is firstly and
then to their own top layers of officials. That is important to maintain DISCIPLINES in
the arenas assigned like in any other professions of the globe but it does not
mean UNNECESSARY interruptions.
Before I move on
to any other classifications or clarifications, I like to say that I salute on
behalf of the inevitable party ‘ THE PEOPLE of the COUNTRY” for the entire
department and each and every single officer who work independently and VERY
SPECIFICALLY THE TOP LEVEL AUTHORITIES WHO ALLOW THEM TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY
WITHOUT REALLY INTERFERING THEIR WORK unnecessarily.
To hold any positions
in the DEPARTMENT certain QUALIFICATIONS are required. EXPERIENCES of duties
brings them added advantages to proceed further as professional other than their
PRACTICAL knowledge of working.
There are few
groups or subjects that their direct supervision and involvement is needed Such
as ILLEGAL ARRACK, harmful DRUGS, UNDER
WORLD DISPUTES, HORROR AND TERROR , tiny or big harmful rebellious informal
groups that often become active, groups that kills and murders the peace and
harmony of any community under what ever ‘objectives’.
I do not think
that their list of duties are restricted to only ‘arresting the wrong doers ‘
also they are one of the responsible parties who should assure of the awareness
of people on ‘law and trust’
I believe threats
are a very closest term that they officially or unofficially associating with or
expect from the groups or gangs they are directly or indirectly dealing with.
I personally do
not believe that they always earn or receive baskets of flowers from the public
or face ceremonies of gratitude. I
believe they not only receive parcels of stones or dead chickens, tomatoes and
but also unexpected transfers. I am not
pointing the finger to any particular group it has been happening since I
understood the meaning of question, ‘what is a society’ and the roles of
professions at grass root level and top with regard to their DECISION MAKING
abilities.
I believe no one
wears ‘white robes’ or clothes with regard to the 100% cleanliness in this
complex and unbearably difficult world we live.
NO party can say that ‘we belong to the ‘white action’ group when it comes
their ‘fighting for power’, methodologies I find no saints in any of the
groups. Most can’t say ‘they did this we do not do such’
We know who did
what, in what volume if I say it clear’ history of almost all the groups, now
and then, we people need no specific clarifications’ or pictures as evidences but
I believe the newly born paramparas, perhaps need ‘new clarifications about
many things not a woman of 43 years of age, that is me. 43 years; not the early stage of ‘childhood’ it
is a mature age. And this is not the age
that others can show something unreal pointing finger at something unreal. For instance I need no clarifications to
identify a coconut tree or a mango tree so no one can say to me, showing a mango
tree, that it is a coconut tree. I understand
the differences of Cashew or Coconut or any other.
Their duty is not
to protect a single man or a woman their duty is to protect and be responsible
to each and every citizen of this country.
I do not think
that their duty during the PEACE EARNING PROCESS can be easily measured. Their
contrition was highly effective and gained full results – positive
118 and 119
services are highly appreciatable service. I remember about few years back one of
our neighbors phoned 119 and made a complaint against a person of his immediate
neighbourhood that he has jumped over the fence of his home garden and stolen a
fallen coconut from his garden. I remember
the police officer came to inquire the matter. He advised the people who
gathered their saying ‘please try to use
this number for the things that you think are our service is highly required or
useful to use.’ Specifically that was the period that ‘emergency numbers
are frequently used to inform suspicious incidents related to terror activities’.
The officer was right and we all agreed because they should be readily
available for the activities that their service is highly required. I find that
is one of their POLITE and EFFICIENT services provide by the department.
I remember in some
of the situations some top level officers were transferred to some other areas
from the areas of their ‘duty responsibilities’. I as a civilian of this
country understand how difficult it is to control people at some situations.
At certain
paragraphs of the history of our country, their name, ‘police’, became every
day muttered name due to the day today situations faced by the citizens and
handled by the department. During riots, certain violence situations, I believe
that it was no easy for them to differentiate the ‘directly involved parties’ from
the ‘innocents’ specially because of various reasons. Specifically, when there
were no CCTV‘s or any other modern equipments, mobile cameras were not highly used
to caught or identify individuals, groups who were responsible for some terrible
situations that break peace and harmony of the society the duty was understandably
difficult. Several stages of INVESTIGATIONS
required to clarify situations specially in the past.
Their main duty is
to maintain PEACE and HARMONY every way diminishing every factor that breaks
peace and leads to problematic situations.
Their Independency
in handing their duties, we should highly respect and their loyalty to PEOPLE
of their country, and obedience to the JUSTICE in every way bending before
peace and harmony, justice, not before anything else. That is for sure is not an
easy TASK not as intelligent officials but as normal human beings.
Carefully working
towards their aims and targets without really caring about any INTERFERENCE is hard but not impossible. ‘Liberty of professions’ as a democratic country of
the universe people expect 100% from the department. And is always an added advantage
, plus points to any practical community.
As a small unit of
administrations; ‘villages, communities and then provinces, districts are supervise
by each and every Unit established in relevant areas. Apart from the permanent units established
there are temporary points considering situations of any areas. I can’t
remember the total number of Police Stations stationed in the country. But
number is fairly enough?
Academies to train
the officials I do not know whether it is enough or not but let’s pay respect
to the KOTHALAWALA defense academy for their contribution. Exchanging knowledge between the global
officers of other countries is essential to eliminate world terror for instance,
accurately.
Sessions of such exchanging
programs are highly important if they have enough time to get involve in such
things.
Opportunities to
get University education releasing from their duties for a certain period would
certainly bring an total investment. Without really studying I am essaying
these things therefore I keep some space, margin, margin of error to re correct
what I say.
I believe in most the cases the bigger society
forgets the role of WPC’s and top officers unfortunately it is always the
gentlemen gets the attention and credit from the bigger society when they are
measured and valued.
I remember reading
an article about the first woman to hold the top ranking positions of the department
Mrs Pramila Divakara ,the first female to hold top ranked positions in the
department as Assistant Superintendent of Police / SL in 1988. Today there is a
huge number of female officers who got chances to join the department and their
contributions specifically during struggling eras are accredited
If anyone interested
in browsing any information one can log in to this site information given below,
apart from the official web site of the department.
I believe any SECIRITY
FORCES of any counties are one of the sleepless units and the I as an outsider
who does work in any of the security departments, think that it is a stressful
job
Efficiency
is highly important lazy or backward positions of minds are not suitable to
hold any of the positions in such departments it is not the physical height of
a person which is required for an intelligent officer but the height of their
thinking and efficiency. Because a minute of delay of any decision making and
action would bring disasters to any community.
Let’s wish the
Department ‘SAFE” and INDEPENDENT future!
Take care !
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