A Zilla Parishad schoolteacher for past 3 years, Harshada Dagade to join police force as sub-inspector
A Zilla Parishad schoolteacher for past 3 years, Harshada Dagade to join police force as sub-inspector
She started her career as a member of the noble profession in a nondescript Zilla Parishad (ZP) school in Sangvi Bhide village, Bhor Taluka of Pune district. Now, after three years of service as a schoolteacher, she is looking forward to bring to task the perpetrators of all that is ignoble in society.
Harshada Dagade (24), daughter of Police Havaldar Balasaheb Dagade, has been selected for the post of a police sub-inspector (PSI). 
Like father. like daughter: Harshada Dagade, daughter of a
police havaldar, will now be a sub-inspector
Not only Dagade, Archana Mandhare, Mangala Jogan and Sachin Lonkar, also primary schoolteachers in ZP schools, will soon follow in her footsteps.
What draws them to the khaki fold is that the police have more power than teachers. That PSIs looks smarter than teachers in their crisp and clean uniforms is another major pull.
More importantly, a PSI gets more salary than a ZP primary schoolteacher. Of course, a PSI has to put in more hours of work and has fewer holidays than a teacher. But that's no deterrent for at least 15 ZP schoolteachers who are all set to join the force, after being selected in the recent examination.
"I don't mind working for 12 to 15 hours a day and getting fewer holidays," said Dagade, who has a Diploma in Elementary Education and has completed her BSc in Electronics.
Her school welcomed her selection in the police force and will soon give her a grand send-off party.u00a0Dagade also said she would not mind marrying a policeman. "Why not if he understands my view point and my duty hours," she said.
Dagade's younger sister Priyanka, who is completing her graduation in Computer Science, is also keen to join the force.
Their father Balasaheb Dagade, however, is not too happy with his daughters' decision as he feels working in the police is a difficult task and not suitable for women.
Mangala Jogan, a schoolteacher, who was also selected for the post of PSI, said: "The competitive examination for the post of PSI is easy because the written papers are about general knowledge, politics, economics and some IT-related questions," she said. "I took this service as a new challenge; this is the time to switch over from one profession to another."u00a0
1,090
Total number of women police officers, from PSI to additional DGP, in the state
75
Total number of women police officersu00a0-- PSIs, APIs, PIs and ACPsu00a0-- in the city
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