Following the shocking incident of a security guard killing the wife and injuring the son of a judge in Gurugram last week, Haryana Police is now focusing on dealing with stress management at workplace.
In this regard, Haryana Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Thursday organised a one-day comprehensive course on ‘Stress Management and Soft Skill Development’, offering practical solutions to reduce and manage workplace stress and behavioural improvement at GO Mess, Moginand, Police Lines in Panchkula.
As many as 62 PSOs posted with various protectees Governor House, Chief Minister residence, along with Judges of Punjab and Haryana High Court, senior officers of the State Government and other dignitaries participated in the course.
Director General of Police, Crime PK Agrawal, ADGP CID, Anil Kumar Rao, IGP Security Saurabh Singh, DIG CID Satender Gupta, DSP CID Purnima Singh were also present on this occasion.
A psychologist also conducted a psychological test upon all the PSOs.
While addressing the participants, DGP crime PK Agrawal said that duty of PSO is very hard as they have to remain vigilant round the clock.
This training programme would definitely help in inculcating awareness about the nature and causes of stress and its preventive measures so as to promote a healthy life style. This would also enable all the participants to consider the workplace stress at an individual level and help them to develop and implement effective strategies to prevent and manage stress while being on duty, he said.
Speaking on this occasion, former bureaucrat and motivational speaker Vivek Atray, who was invited to boost the morale of PSOs, delivered informative lectures on the topics like causes and ill-effects of stress and how to manage this. He also emphasized on promoting positivity and creativity in society.
Shalini, a psychologist, had also addressed all the participants on the topic of stress management. She took a lecture on managing impulsiveness, aggression and behavioral issues through mental exercises and questionnaires.
Notably, Gurugram's Additional District and Sessions Judge Krishan Kant's wife and son were shot at by the judge's security guard in a fit of fury, last week.
Ritu (38) and Dhruv (18) were fired at by Haryana Police Constable Mahipal Singh (32) at the busy Arcadia market in Sector 49 Gurugram on October 13 afternoon. The police said that the attack was the result of a “sudden provocation”.
