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The Indian <strong>Police</strong> Journalvalues in training modules <strong>of</strong> <strong>Police</strong> Force, effective vigilance <strong>and</strong>police-public cooperation can play a decisive role to curb this menace.Effective crime investigation, competent law <strong>and</strong> order management<strong>and</strong> optimal intelligence gathering activities dem<strong>and</strong> high st<strong>and</strong>ards<strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essionalism <strong>and</strong> adequate infrastructural <strong>and</strong> training communication support, state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art weapons, non-lethal moderntools for riot control <strong>and</strong> high degree <strong>of</strong> mobility are essentialprerequisites for modern policing (Second ARC 69). Proper Training <strong>of</strong>“Training is investment in human potential. It is important means <strong>of</strong>[First ARC Report on Personnel Administration (1969) 69]. But, so far,this aspect has been neglected a lot. Adequate, training in relevantareas <strong>and</strong> modern techniques for all categories <strong>of</strong> <strong>Police</strong> personnelcan bring about an attitudinal change <strong>and</strong> can enhance capacity <strong>of</strong>policemen to h<strong>and</strong>le modern weapons <strong>and</strong> technology.Pr<strong>of</strong>essionalisation also requires separation <strong>of</strong> investigative functionfrom law <strong>and</strong> order maintenance duties, fair merit-based recruitmentsystem with emphasis on psychological tests <strong>of</strong> c<strong>and</strong>idates, goodleadership along with strengthening <strong>of</strong> the intelligence-gatheringmechanisms. At the same time, it is also essential to reward the goodones.Second ARC recommendation to constitute State <strong>Police</strong> Performance<strong>and</strong> Accountability Commission to evaluate the functioning <strong>of</strong> the policeservice <strong>and</strong> organizational performance can be vital to pr<strong>of</strong>essionalisethe <strong>Police</strong> Forces to <strong>and</strong> streamline <strong>Police</strong> Administration (SecondARC Report 90).Functional <strong>and</strong> Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Autonomy<strong>Police</strong> Force should have functional <strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional autonomycommensurate with its requirements. However, such autonomy <strong>of</strong> accountability to save the citizens from abuse <strong>of</strong> authority <strong>by</strong> theriot-affected States amply demonstrates that in the absence <strong>of</strong> propercontrol <strong>and</strong> accountability, the <strong>Police</strong> Force may turn out to be monsterrather than saviour <strong>of</strong> the public. <strong>Police</strong> personnel are internallyaccountable to their higher-ups in the organization, <strong>and</strong> externally they22 January - March, 2013
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