The 61st Senior Police Officers Conference of Odisha Police was held at Police Bhawan, Bhubaneswar from 17th to 19th January, 2019. Superintendents of Police of all Districts, Commandants of all Armed Police Battalions, Range IsGP,  DIsGP, Under Training IPS Officers, Senior Officers of various Police Establishments as well as Home Guards, Fire Services and Civil Defence  Organisation, State  Vigilance, Odisha  State Police Housing and Welfare Corporation, Prison Organisation, OHRC and State Transport Corporation participated in the Conference.

Dr. R.P. Sharma, IPS, DGP  inaugurated the Conference on 17th January and Shri  Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister graced the valedictory function on 19.01.2019. Shri  Aditya  Prasad Padhi, Chief Secretary, Shri  Asit Kumar Tripathy, Development Commissioner-cum-ACS Home Deptt., Shri Surendra Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer and Shri S.N. Girish, Special Secretary GA Deptt. interacted with the delegates on the closing day.

During the conference, there were deliberations on various professional policing subjects like Law and Order, Crime Scenario of the State, Left Wing Extremism, Police arrangement for mega events, improving Road Safety, moving towards paperless Police Station etc. Issues related to State Vigilance, Home Guards and Fire Services and Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation were also discussed. For the first time, guest speakers who have authority in the specific fields were invited to share their experience and wisdom.  Hon’ble CM released the    quarterly  News letter of Odisha Police (October-December, 2019) issue and inaugurated the Mobile Application “ARAKHI”  for investigation officers.

Some of the best performing District Superintendents of Police and Commandants were awarded by Hon’ble Chief Minister for their outstanding performance. S.P. Malkangiri was awarded for best work in Anti Naxalite Operations and initiatives. S.P. Mayurbhanj was awarded for best performance in Prosecution. S.P. Kandhamal was awarded for best performance in destruction of cannabis cultivation. S.P Koraput was awarded for the best performance in detection of NDPS Cases and Seizure. S.P. Keonjhar was awarded for best performance in Road Safety measures. S.P. Sambalpur was awarded for best performance in CCTNS. S.P. Gajapati  was awarded for best performance in Citizen Service through IT. S.P Koraput was awarded for best implementation of Model Police Station. OSAP 6th Battalion was awarded as best Battalion for overall performance.

131 Senior Police Officers across the state attended the Conference. Shri  Susanta Kumar Nath, ADGP & Director SFSL, Shri Nikhil Kumar Kanodia, DIGP EOW and Shri Vivekananda Sharma, S.P. (Hdqrs) acted as Conference Secretary, Joint Conference Secretary and Asst. Conference Secretary respectively for this year’s Conference.