Police congress
The just-concluded police science congress provided the Assam Police with an occasion to evaluate its performance and devise a mechanism to meet the emerging challenges in a changing environment. The three-day meet witnessed deliberations among top police officials from different States, and the recommendations are to be submitted to the National Police Commission and later to the governments for implementation. Expectedly, a plethora of ills plaguing the functioning of the State police were highlighted and the State Government would do well to heed the suggestions made in the congress. A major issue of the deliberations was related to the urgent need for separating law and order from routine investigations. Modernising the forces to tackle crimes and criminals that are getting increasingly sophisticated was another priority. This is because not only have different criminal activities recorded a spurt in recent times but the methods applied by the perpetrators of crimes are getting increasingly complicated day by day. Our police forces, however, continue to be hamstrung by the dearth of scientific training and equipment, resulting in the criminals often getting an upper hand. The situation can change for the better only when the Government wakes up to the emerging challenges and executes a long-term action plan.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in his address at the congress, sought to negate the presence of a police-politician-criminal nexus in the State. The people, however, will take this with a large helping of salt, because such an unholy alliance – notwithstanding the Chief Minister's assertions – is an open secret. Much of the inefficiency and dehumanisation of the police stems from its growing politicisation as also from its nexus with criminals. While it would be wrong to accuse the entire police fraternity of maintaining unholy relations with criminal elements, it is a fact that the growing police-criminal-politician coalition is eroding the common man's faith in the police. Rather than an unconvincing negation which would find few takers, the situation demands a serious introspection by the police to see where it has gone wrong. Corruption, growing dehumanisation of the police combating sophisticated crimes have posed grave challenges to the force. For enjoying the people's faith, the police urgently needs to adopt a humane approach. Eroding public trust on the police invariably results in lack of people's cooperation with the police – something so essential for fighting any crime. It is for the police to display the zeal to redeem its fading image. source: assam tribune
The just-concluded police science congress provided the Assam Police with an occasion to evaluate its performance and devise a mechanism to meet the emerging challenges in a changing environment. The three-day meet witnessed deliberations among top police officials from different States, and the recommendations are to be submitted to the National Police Commission and later to the governments for implementation. Expectedly, a plethora of ills plaguing the functioning of the State police were highlighted and the State Government would do well to heed the suggestions made in the congress. A major issue of the deliberations was related to the urgent need for separating law and order from routine investigations. Modernising the forces to tackle crimes and criminals that are getting increasingly sophisticated was another priority. This is because not only have different criminal activities recorded a spurt in recent times but the methods applied by the perpetrators of crimes are getting increasingly complicated day by day. Our police forces, however, continue to be hamstrung by the dearth of scientific training and equipment, resulting in the criminals often getting an upper hand. The situation can change for the better only when the Government wakes up to the emerging challenges and executes a long-term action plan.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in his address at the congress, sought to negate the presence of a police-politician-criminal nexus in the State. The people, however, will take this with a large helping of salt, because such an unholy alliance – notwithstanding the Chief Minister's assertions – is an open secret. Much of the inefficiency and dehumanisation of the police stems from its growing politicisation as also from its nexus with criminals. While it would be wrong to accuse the entire police fraternity of maintaining unholy relations with criminal elements, it is a fact that the growing police-criminal-politician coalition is eroding the common man's faith in the police. Rather than an unconvincing negation which would find few takers, the situation demands a serious introspection by the police to see where it has gone wrong. Corruption, growing dehumanisation of the police combating sophisticated crimes have posed grave challenges to the force. For enjoying the people's faith, the police urgently needs to adopt a humane approach. Eroding public trust on the police invariably results in lack of people's cooperation with the police – something so essential for fighting any crime. It is for the police to display the zeal to redeem its fading image. source: assam tribune
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