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'Bihar Police was alerted on J
NEW DELHI: Two months after the Jehanabad jailbreak incident when 340 inmates escaped from the prison, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Saturday said that the Bihar Police had prior information about the attack, but failed to take timely action.
"They (Bihar Police) had information six hours before the Maoist onslaught started in the evening, but failed to thwart the attack," said JK Sinha, director general CRPF, at a media briefing following the inspection of the Republic Day parade preparations.
Sinha added that after the jailbreak on Nov 13 too, the Bihar Polic... Read more
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Independent Online - Cape Town
02 September 2008
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South Africa: Faulty system, b
The eThekwini metro police management is forging ahead with plans to discipline at least 40 officers on charges of acting without honesty and integrity based on its controversial C-Track vehicle tracking and fleet management system.
The officers have been told that they will face internal disciplinary hearings despite the R35-million system - which is not SABS approved - being proved to be inaccurate.
Sources say the system has repeatedly malfunctioned and provided incorrect information about the whereabouts of employees and vehicles, and many feel they are being victimised because of the inaccurate information. The driver tag, which identifies the driver and has to be used before a vehicle starts, is also said to be faulty, causing cars to stall or not to start.
Previously, metro officials told The Mercury that cars which were in the city centre were shown to be in the Indian Ocean and while all vehicles were fitted with the tracker, some did not feature on the satellite system at all.
A few weeks after The Mercury first ran the story, Malcolm Joshua, who heads the municipality's fleet, said the C-track system was "highly successful" and had resulted in the recovery of several vehicles.
He said the information had also successfully been used in disciplinary cases in relation to the misuse of vehicles and time mismanagement by employees.
"Various challenges were experienced in fitting the system to motorcycles. However, these issues have been successfully overcome," Joshua said.
Metro insiders say C-track could not get SABS approval but, according to Joshua it has international accreditation and is recognised by the European Union.
In July, a metro official who faced charges won his case after Mark Hill, an expert from DigiCore Fleet Management - the company from which the metro police acquired the system - admitted that C-track was not faultless.
Meanwhile, The Mercury has learnt that at least five senior metro police officials are under investigation for not using their subsidised vehicles, for which they each claim allowances of R6 000 to R12 000 a month.
They are entitled to the allowances provided they use their own transport and record a certain amount of mileage every month.
However, insiders say some of the officials claim the money but have been using municipal vehicles for months.
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