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61intervals between the police and the military authorities at thefunctional level, at region level and at the mission level in which suchissues of common importance can be discussed and a joint strategycould be formulated to deal with a particular problem besides sharing ofintelligence. In case of anticipation of some problem in advance,holding of such meetings would lead to planning of a better strategy andsynergy of efforts in dealing with such problems. Besides devising asound system of communication between the police and the military atdifferent levels, standard operating procedures need to be drafted andagreed to in advance by the police and the military authorities in themission area regarding the assistance military would provide to thepolice in order to deal with sudden law and order problems such asoutbreak of street violence, communal riots, terrorist incidents andhumanitarian disasters. However, of all these suggested measures forimproving coordination between the police and the military, good andfriendly relationship between the police and the military officers,personally as well as professionally, at all the levels in the mission areais of utmost importance and is highly imperative.