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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;If a police officer in your area doesn&#039;t work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said.&lt;br /&gt;
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It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general.&lt;br /&gt;
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The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
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Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Talking about impacts, the study said, &amp;quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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The study said the current working hour arrangement held &amp;quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&amp;quot; it added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said the current working hour arrangement held &amp;quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.&lt;br /&gt;
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All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talking about impacts, the study said, &amp;quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. 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The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&amp;quot; it added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study said the current working hour arrangement held &amp;quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has recommended that women officers should be recruited for reducing the manpower problem in policing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#039;
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                <div align="justify">-The Times of India<br /><br /><em>NEW DELHI: </em>If a police officer in your area doesn't work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said.<br /><br />The study, 'National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations', carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than eight hours a day and 73% don't get a weekly off even once a month and are called for emergency duties from their rare off days as well.<br /><br />It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general.<br /><br />The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.<br /><br />&quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&quot; the study said.<br /><br />Calling it &quot;alarming&quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. <br /><br />Talking about impacts, the study said, &quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&quot;<br /><br />The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.<br /><br />&quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&quot; it added.<br /><br />The study said the current working hour arrangement held &quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&quot;. &quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&quot; it said.<br /><br />The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.<br /><br />According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.<br /><br />The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.<br /><br />&quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&quot; the study said.<br /><br />The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.<br /><br />The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.<br /><br />It has recommended that women officers should be recruited for reducing the manpower problem in policing. <br /><br /></div>               </font>
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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;If a police officer in your area doesn&#039;t work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study, &#039;National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations&#039;, carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than eight hours a day and 73% don&#039;t get a weekly off even once a month and are called for emergency duties from their rare off days as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Talking about impacts, the study said, &amp;quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&amp;quot; it added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said the current working hour arrangement held &amp;quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;NEW DELHI: &lt;/em&gt;If a police officer in your area doesn&#039;t work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study, &#039;National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations&#039;, carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than eight hours a day and 73% don&#039;t get a weekly off even once a month and are called for emergency duties from their rare off days as well.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Talking about impacts, the study said, &amp;quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&amp;quot; it added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said the current working hour arrangement held &amp;quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has recommended that women officers should be recruited for reducing the manpower problem in policing. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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This is also not in tune with international norms. <br /><br />Talking about impacts, the study said, &quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&quot;<br /><br />The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.<br /><br />&quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&quot; it added.<br /><br />The study said the current working hour arrangement held &quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&quot;. &quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. 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Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Talking about impacts, the study said, &amp;quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&amp;quot; it added.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said the current working hour arrangement held &amp;quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&amp;quot; it said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.&lt;br /&gt;
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All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&amp;quot; the study said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Calling it &amp;quot;alarming&amp;quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. 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All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.<br /><br />&quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&quot; the study said.<br /><br />Calling it &quot;alarming&quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. <br /><br />Talking about impacts, the study said, &quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&quot;<br /><br />The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.<br /><br />&quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&quot; it added.<br /><br />The study said the current working hour arrangement held &quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&quot;. &quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&quot; it said.<br /><br />The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.<br /><br />According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.<br /><br />The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.<br /><br />&quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&quot; the study said.<br /><br />The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.<br /><br />The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. 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-The Times of India<br />
<br />
<em>NEW DELHI: </em>If a police officer in your area doesn't work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said.<br />
<br />
The study, 'National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations', carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than eight hours a day and 73% don't get a weekly off even once a month and are called for emergency duties from their rare off days as well.<br />
<br />
It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general.<br />
<br />
The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.<br />
<br />
&quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&quot; the study said.<br />
<br />
Calling it &quot;alarming&quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. <br />
<br />
Talking about impacts, the study said, &quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&quot;<br />
<br />
The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.<br />
<br />
&quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&quot; it added.<br />
<br />
The study said the current working hour arrangement held &quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&quot;. &quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&quot; it said.<br />
<br />
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.<br />
<br />
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.<br />
<br />
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.<br />
<br />
&quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&quot; the study said.<br />
<br />
The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.<br />
<br />
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This is also not in tune with international norms. <br /><br />Talking about impacts, the study said, &quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&quot;<br /><br />The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.<br /><br />&quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. 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-The Times of India<br />
<br />
<em>NEW DELHI: </em>If a police officer in your area doesn't work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said.<br />
<br />
The study, 'National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations', carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than eight hours a day and 73% don't get a weekly off even once a month and are called for emergency duties from their rare off days as well.<br />
<br />
It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general.<br />
<br />
The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey.<br />
<br />
&quot;The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day,&quot; the study said.<br />
<br />
Calling it &quot;alarming&quot;, the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. <br />
<br />
Talking about impacts, the study said, &quot;The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts.&quot;<br />
<br />
The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said.<br />
<br />
&quot;All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public,&quot; it added.<br />
<br />
The study said the current working hour arrangement held &quot;ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms&quot;. &quot;It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public,&quot; it said.<br />
<br />
The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system.<br />
<br />
According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said.<br />
<br />
The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing.<br />
<br />
&quot;Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police,&quot; the study said.<br />
<br />
The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate.<br />
<br />
The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency.<br />
<br />
It has recommended that women officers should be recruited for reducing the manpower problem in policing. <br />
<br />
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73% of Indian cops get no weekly off: Study -Neeraj Chauhan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: If a police officer in your area doesn't work efficiently and has an offensive attitude, it is because he is overworked, a new study has said. The study, 'National Requirement of Manpower for 8-hour Shift in Police Stations', carried out by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) has found that 90% of police officers work for more than eight hours a day and 73% don't get a weekly off even once a month and are called for emergency duties from their rare off days as well. It observed that long working hours was the reason police officers were not fit and healthy and behaved rudely with the public, which further diminished the image of police in general. The research involved extensive field survey including 12,156 police station staff, 1,003 SHOs and 962 supervisory officers, from ranks ranging from constables to IGPs, in 319 districts in 23 states and two Union Territories. All nine police stations types - metropolitan, urban, urban-rural mixed, rural, crime, traffic, women, tribal and others were covered in the survey. "The field survey conducted among the large samples of SHOs and supervisory offices indicates that nearly 90% of police station staff works for more than eight hours a day. More than 68% of SHOs and over 76% of supervisory officers stated that staff members in police stations were on duty for 11 hours or more per day. 27.7% SHOs and 30.4% supervisory officers reported that their staff worked for more than 14 hours a day," the study said. Calling it "alarming", the study said the current working hours were not in consonance with Indian labour laws nor in compliance with provisions of Article 42 of the Constitution. This is also not in tune with international norms. Talking about impacts, the study said, "The long hours of duty have had multiple negative impacts on efficient policing. Nearly two-thirds (74%) of respondents among police station staff have reported that the current working hours lead to health problems of different kinds for them. A large majority (more than 76%) of SHOs also felt that the current duty hour arrangement was deleterious to health of staff. Conditions like joint pain due to long hours of standing, stress, sleeplessness, acidity, etc seem to occur early in life of police personnel. It could as well be true that government expenses to treat these health consequences, along with the quality man-hours lost due to their adverse effects, would cost the police organization more than operating in shifts." The current working hours for police were also not conducive for attending to their personal/family needs and social life and commitments, in all ranks, it said. "All this, in turn, takes a toll on their morale, motivation and self-esteem. The overall frustration manifests itself in their offensive conduct and behavior with the public, which leads to erosion of societal image of the police as an institution and alienation of the public," it added. The study said the current working hour arrangement held "ugly portents in the short, medium, as well as long terms". "It adversely impacts the quality of policing since weary and tired personnel cannot be expected to give in their best to the tasks performed by them, be it crime investigation, law and order related duties, information gathering, patrolling or any other job. Their personal life is also vitiated as they are not able to maintain a healthy work-life balance. This affects their morale and motivation, impacting their performance further. The overall frustration results in their aggressive conduct and behavior with the public," it said. The study said introduction of shift system would mean rationalizing the work hour norms for police station staff to more acceptable limits. According to the SHOs, there was a need of 1.68 times strength of the present sanctioned strength for the shift system. According to 2013 figures, the total manpower strength of all police stations in India was 675,115. Given that the total manpower of state police forces as on January 1, 2013 was 22,09,027, the manpower sanctioned for police stations would represent only about 30% of the total police strength. This ratio was highly unsatisfactory, the study said. The study suggested that augmentation of police station strength with some 337,500 personnel (50% of the present sanctioned strength) would take the ratio of police station manpower to a little over 45% of the total police strength in the states/Union Territories, and this would help in ensuring efficient policing. "Shift system of functioning in police stations is absolutely imperative for efficient and people-friendly policing, as also for conducive work-life balance for police personnel. Implementation of shift system in police station work is a functionally achievable objective, as established by our case studies of the 8-hour duty system of Kerala Police," the study said. The sample 8-hour shift system in Kerala has found that performance of police has improved in terms of law and order, investigation, police behavior and even conviction rate. The study has also recommended ways for implementing shift system. It said duties and functions that can be performed in a fixed time schedule of eight hours, such as court-related work, accounts and establishment-related and other office work would need to be segregated from duties that require availability of staff for longer time durations, each staff member in every police station should be allowed a weekly off regularly, leave applied for should also be freely granted, as admissible, except in a grave emergency. It has recommended that women officers should be recruited for reducing the manpower problem in policing.