Mumbai, March 20: In an unusual circular, Mumbai Police Commissioner Arup Patnaik has warned his subordinates not to “interrupt” him when he was in conversation with others and if they continue doing so would invite adverse remarks in their Annual Confidential Report.
The circular has upset his junior officers and lower-rung policemen, who now hesitate to approach the top cop either to discuss any problem or any idea, a senior police officer said.
The circular issued recently by the city police chief says, “The Commissioner of Police has observed that officers interrupt (him) when he is conversing with others or while talking over telephone. This is against the service decorum and etiquette. When seniors are talking, the juniors should not interrupt unless permitted to speak.
–Agencies