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Female cops overlooked for promotions

25 Jan 2021

By Hemantha Liyanapathirana   Female Police officers have levelled claims of discrimination against top officers of the police department of inequitable treatment when it came to the matter of promotions. Speaking to The Morning yesterday (25), they have complained that although they pass out after having followed the same training course and don the same uniform as their male counterparts, they were discriminated against, unlike the latter. At present, over 12,000 female officers are employed in the police and this figure includes over 150 Chief Inspectors of police. These female police officers are requesting that they be made Officers-In-Charge (OICs) of at least five or six police stations, out of the 494 Police Stations island-wide. Claiming that there are various allegations levelled against certain OICs in particular Police Stations, they state that it would therefore be opportune to appoint female police officers to such positions and subsequently review the progress. Further, they informed The Morning that since there are a number of senior female officers among them, they should also be assigned a division or two so that they could show their prowess. They also claim that although interviews have been called for OIC posts, there has been no progress in this regard. Having to seek relief for the justice due them, in connection with the promotions that should be afforded to them, through courts, they note, is a sad situation. At present, a group of female Police officers have gone to courts in this regard while another group is expecting to seek legal recourse concerning the same.  Police Media Spokesman Deputy Inspector General of Police Ajith Rohana, when contacted regarding the matter by The Morning, said that a proper methodology has been formulated now in this regard, and that steps will be taken to systematically provide promotions and positions to female Police officers in the future, and therefore all such related issues could be resolved.

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