Ugly spat between senior Police Officers : Image of HP police has taken beating

There is no gainsaying that the image of the Himachal Pradesh Police has been taken a beating after the recent incident of an ugly spat between senior police officers in front of dignitaries in Kullu.
This was stated by Director General of Police Mr Sanjay Kundu while releasing a two page advisory to IPS and HPS officers in wake of the recent Kullu incident here today.
DGP said that it is obvious that it has undone the cumulative good work by state police during the last one year.
” Not only has the incident become viral on the social media but it has also elicited a negative and highly uncharitable public response. All efforts in ensuring better service delivery to the public , all the unprecedented drug seizures and all the effort put into fighting the the Covid-19 pandemic by the police have been overshadowed by this visibly public sparring of the officials. ” DGP said. 
” Such conduct is totally unwarranted and undesirable . It is unprofessional to the point of dereliction of duty and also raises issues of compromises in the VVIP security. Therefore regardless of outcome of present inquiry , it is important that we ( HP police)examine all the relevant issues to avoid such incident in future” he further said.
DGP said that aftermath of unfortunate incidents a brainstorming session was held at the police headquarter on Friday with senior police officer. 
The six  advisory issued to IPS and HPS officer 
1.  All the police officer must always remain calm and poised, no matter what the provocation is while interacting with other fellow officers and the general public . This demeanor during the course of their duties must always be courteous and polite but firm. They should remember that they work for a welfare state and that their  primary duty is to save people and not to lord over them. and therefore they should never lose their people-connect . An officer’s sense of duty must always precede their sense of entitlement.
2. Al police officers should identify their blind spots or deficiencies in their personalities and address them. They may take help either from a persons within the department with whom  they are comfortable with or seek professional help. Problem like anger or depression can only be helped or even addressed , if they person suffering from them is wiling to accept that they have the problem to begin with.
3. All Police officer need to learn and maintain proper interpersonal relationships and inculcate an ‘esprit de corps’. Nearly all police works is dependent on collaboration and can hardly ever be performed in silos. This is particularly important during public function . Law and Order and VVIP duties further we need to understand that we are all professional colleagues in the HP, Police , be it a constable or be it the DGP wearing the same uniform and tied by the same ethos. 
4.All police officer need to learn to apply tact and not be unduly technical about guidelines. They often need to respond to crises and situations in real time without any advance preparation. One has to things on ones feet and be innovative . The general ideal is to solve a problem and not to aggravate it. 
5. Henceforth, it should be ensured by Principal Police Training Centre (PTC) that we include in our training curriculum , mock exercises, drills, and simulations to train officers for temperance and poise when under duress. 
6. Officers should not be misled or misguided by the ‘halo effect’ . ;Power is always attached to a  position and never a person, so they should always be mindful of this gospel.     
In a nutshell , I would like to say that such stray incidents not only tarnish the image of HP Police and open up for ridicule but also completely obliterate the good work done and the goodwill accumulated with years of painstaking efforts. Therefore we need to strive as a cohesive team to reestablish our image and also to ensure that such incident never happen-in the future , DGP concluded the advisory.