Dope tests for bank guards before being given gun

MOHALI: Security guards employed by means of banks should go through dope test prior to they are passed over guns.
Deputy commissioner Gurpreet Kaur Sapra stated a notice on this regard has been issued to more than a few banks having branches within the district. "Bank manager as well as the security guard will have to undergo the dope test for the renewal of the arms licence. The gun licence will be issued in the name of the bank manager," she stated

Sapra stated the practice earlier was once that the safety guard having a valid palms licence in his title used to be employed by means of the bank, but the weapon would now be registered underneath the title of the bank supervisor and retained by means of the safety guard employed by means of the branch.

According to the changed rules, banks are issued gun licences with particular permits for wielding guns to give protection to belongings, which is issued to the designated post of branch supervisor. It is then the bank supervisor designates a retainer of the palms licence, who's most often the safety guard, but the rules regarding who will go through dope test were unclear.

Sapra stated that she were receiving queries regarding whether the dope test could be performed on safety guard simplest or bank supervisor as neatly. Sapra stated that in case the chief if transferred, the next supervisor must go through the dope test all through the renewal of the palms licence.

Earlier, non-public safety businesses used to hire safety workforce who owned guns or had to follow for licences and procure guns on their very own prior to hiring safety workforce. But new rules were presented by means of the state to limit the choice of gun permits for commercial purposes.