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THE INDIAN POLICE: MALADIES AND REMEDIES

The nexus between criminals, politicians and policemen has madethe police totally ineffectual when it comes to maintaining lawand order. Only if this nexus is broken and the police force totallyrevamped, will Indians be able to life without fear.Crime, politics and the police are the 3 sides of the vicious triangle within whichdemocratic India and its free people are inexorably caught today. Though wealthyindustrial and commercial houses form the 4

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dimension of this unfortunate situation,their manipulative strategies are as yet limited to trying to influence politicians inpursuit of their interests.It is their wealth that operates as a catalyst in reducing the normal life of freecitizens to a welter of uncertainties and unending hardships. However, their role israther distant and indirect, unlike that of criminals, politicians and the police.Politicians protect criminals from the law while criminals reciprocate by acting astheir henchmen in handling underground activities. The police goes to the politicians for job protection while at the same time it strikes an understanding with criminals. Thusworks this nexus of vile power brokers who prey on innocent people and suck the bloodof the hapless masses.

2The trio of criminal, political and police manipulators is a dangerous force toreckon with, in the Indian democratic situation. A tight-knit power-bloc, they havepermeated into all conceivable facets of Indian public life with the sole intention of garnering all the benefits of an inefficient public administration. The tragedy here is thatthis evil is perpetrated by those whom the public trust as their benefactors and protectors.The amoral side of this operation does not seen to have affected either the policeor the politicians in any way and the vile cabal against, the Indian public works onindifferent to everything except its own self-interest. It seems that all the actors in thistragic drama think that the Indian democracy is a free-for-all, where they should try tograb all that they can in a world where each person has to look after himself.This approach is certain to undermine not only the democratic set-up of thenation, but also its social fabric. The blame for this sad state of affairs should besquarely borne by the ugly troika of politicians, criminals and the police.All the maladies of the police today emanate from the politicians who are onlyconcerned with winning the next election. Until it extricates itself from their grip, itcannot hope to rise above its present mediocre level.

3An immediate need is to streamline the organisation. At present, the growth of the police department is not really much more than a spasmodic reaction to variousstimuli and as a result it lacks the benefits of an integrated approach. Operationalfacilities, counter-balances and counter-checks are inadequate.The constitution of a permanent cell of organisational experts under the directcontrol of the police chief to redefine the police organisation is required to make it moremeaningful and need-based.This could help in streamlining the hierarchy by identifying and eliminatingredundant posts, by rationalising workloads and preventing their duplication and byredefining duties and procedures and thus the rights and responsibilities at each level.As a consequence, police functioning would be made more cost-effective and efficient.UNATTRACTIVE SERVICEThe accusation that no talent breeds and grows in the wilderness of the police set-up cannot be easily gainsaid. The Indian Police Service continues to be an intellectually

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