Patna: Krishna Swaroop Dwivedi, who will be Bihar's next police chief, on Tuesday outlined his plans for the force once he takes over on Thursday.

Talking to reporters after being elevated to the top post, Dwivedi said he had certain strategies in mind to improve the working style of the police personnel. "Once I assume charge, I will try to translate those ideas into reality," he said, adding that he would ensure that job assigned to the police was executed properly.

"Corruption and laxity on the part of any policeman will not be tolerated. The role of the police has become important in the state government's commitment towards amelioration of social evils such as dowry and child marriage in addition to maintain law and order, which is the prime job of the police. Prohibition is another issue which needs to be tackled with utmost care," Dwivedi said while listing his priorities after assuming charge.

Dwivedi, a 1984 batch IPS officer who hails from Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, will take charge from incumbent director-general of police Pramod Kumar Thakur, who retires on Wednesday. Thakur, a 1980 batch IPS officer, had assumed charge as the state police chief on June 24, 2014.

Thakur was given a farewell at a function held on the campus of the Bihar Military Police on Tuesday. After inspecting the parade, Thakur recounted the works undertaken by the state government to equip the 85,000-odd police force during his tenure as the DGP.

Dwivedi is regarded as an upright police officer in police circles. Recalling Dwivedi's contribution, former DGP Neel Mani said: "Dwivedi had served as IG (operation) during his stint as the state police chief. He was the man behind the arrest of three central committee members of the CPI-Maoist - Varanasi Subramaniam alias Srikant, Vijay Kumar Arya alias Jaspal and Pulendu Shekhar Mukherjee alias Saheb - from Araria. They were wanted by the police from Andhra Pradesh and other states' security agencies."

Neel Mani described Dwivedi as a professional police officer and hoped that he would live up to the expectations of the people in general and the state administration in particular. Dwivedi had replaced Neel Mani as Bhagalpur superintendent of police in June 1989. Dwivedi never got a field posting during RJD rule except for a few months as SP of Muzaffarpur during President's rule in Bihar.