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Duty hours slashed: 7-hour shifts to ease Mumbai Police's stress
Updated On: 30 September, 2016 07:00 AM IST | | Suraj Ojha
<p>In a pilot that launches at overworked JJ Marg Police Station, duty hours of Mumbai police sliced to 7 from 12 in the interest their well being, and effective policing</p>
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Overburdened. Overworked. Overweight. That’s the Mumbai Police personnel in a nutshell. But this, the department hopes, will soon be a thing of the past, if their fitness plan steered by the shift timings of corporate work culture, goes as planned. Beginning November 1, constables, assistant inspectors and sub-inspectors at JJ Marg police station in Byculla will have to clock in only seven-hour shifts, down from 12 hours (or more, if needed).

