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SUMMING UP REPORT OF DIRECTOR GENERAL, BPR&D DURINGTHE VALEDICTORY SESSION OF THE 42 ND ALL INDIA POLICESCIENCE CONGRESS HELD AT GANGTOK ON 17 TH FEBRUARY, 2012Hon’ble Speaker of Sikkim Legislative Assembly, Shri K.T. Gyaltsen ji, mycolleague in service Shri Jasbir Singh, DGP, Sikkim, Sh. J.S. Pandey, DGPUttarakhand, former DGs Dr. T.N. Mishra, Mr. Kamal Kumar, Shri M.L.Kumawat, Dr. U.N.B. Rao, senior officers of the Govt. of India and Govt. ofSikkim, delegates representing Central Govt. and State Govt. organisations,invitees, friends from the media, ladies and gentlemen.It is an honour and privilege for me to extend a very warm welcome to ShriK T Gyaltsen, Hon’ble Speaker of Sikkim Legislative Assembly to the ValedictionSession of the 42 nd All India Police Science Congress.As a Convener of this All India Police Science Congress, I avail theopportunity to present a brief Summing-up Report before this August gathering.The BPR&D is the nodal R&D organization under the Ministry of HomeAffairs in the field of Police and Correctional Administration. The BPR&Dorganizes All India Police Science Congress every year by rotation in variousStates / UTs in pursuance of its charter of functions identified by the MHA.The main objective of this prestigious national event is to provide a forum tothe police officers of different ranks, social scientists, forensic experts,criminologists and other stakeholders to frankly deliberate and discuss variousissues of topical interest to the Indian police.This year in consultation with all Police Chiefs of States/ UTs DGPs of thecountry, we selected 12 themes for deliberations which were held during the last 3days.1

The themes were:-a. Police Reforms.b. Officer oriented Policing.c. 360 o Performance Appraisal in Police.d. Police as a Facilitator to resolve Minor Disputes in theCommunity.e. Comprehensive Training Policy for Indian Police.f. Emerging Challenges to Cyber Security – Internet Monitoring withSpecific reference to National Security.g. New and Emerging Technology in Police Investigation (includingForensics).h. Police Leadership – Staying Connected in a Changing World.i. Developing Human Resources in Police – Emerging Trends andPolicies.j. Technology as an aid to fight Left Wing Extremism / Terrorismand Insurgency.k. Best Practices & Procedure to Ensure Integrity in Police.l. Ways & Means to strengthen Institutional Memory in PoliceEstablishments.These Themes were discussed in 8 plenary sessions during the past threedays. In addition, an Open Session and a Special Session were held today tofinalize the Resolutions of the Congress.The 42 nd All India Police Science Congress was inaugurated by the Hon'bleChief Minister of Sikkim, Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling, on 15 th February, 2012.While addressing the Congress, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Sikkim, ShriPawan Kumar Chamling said that in recent times national security is seen in thecontext of declining law and order and crime situations leading to economic2

made to standardise all training material and circulate the same to all the traininginstitutions and hosted on the web. Careful selection of trainers considering theiraptitude must be ensured. Training of Trainers (ToT) programmes to be planned atvarious Centres of Excellence. Certain aspects like, teaching of law may beoutsourced. Video conferencing facilities / connectivity need to be establishedbetween all training institutions at the national level. The congress felt that at least3% of the police budget should be earmarked for capacity building andinfrastructure requirements of training at the central / state government levels.Besides outsourcing, use of technology for training purposes are also to beseriously considered to clear the backlog of training. 30% training allowance forall ranks posted at a training institution should be sanctioned.Session IIITheme : - E-policing to M-Policing.The Congress felt that the project ‘Dial 100’ as presented in the Congressneeds to be considered for implementation.Indian Police has to leverage its knowledge and domain expertise to evolveproject the Dial 100. We need to do pilot study and proof of concepts byempowering experts amongst the Indian Police Service and give them theresources that they require rather than turn to foreign experts to implement systemsthat have not been proved in India first. Domain experts in Police should be used towork out police modernization plans and support with resources to implementthem.Mobile policing has multiple advantages in information gathering andcollation, resulting in effective and speedier detection of crimes. Newmethodologies are required to be adopted to deal with emerging and newer formsof crimes. Integrated communication linking with computer wing (IT) structurally5

should be taken up on priority. All forms of capturing personnel informationshould include contact mobile numbers while asking for name and address etc.Session IVTheme: - Police as a facilitator to resolve minor disputesDuring discussion the Congress resolved that the initiative made by APPolice in Vijayawada may also be considered by other States.It was also felt that the resolution of minor disputes, being an importantmechanism of prevention of crime and disorder, should be taken up by the policein innovative ways, avoiding the pitfalls of getting into civil disputes. Thesuccessful initiative of setting up of Pre-Litigation Counselling Forum under theLegal Service Authority Act should be replicated throughout the country.The role of Bihar Police in referring the minor disputes within thePanchayat, to the Panchayat as is prescribed under the Bihar Panchayat Act shouldalso be emulated by the other States to strengthen Gram Panchayats and to reducethe work load of the Police.Session VTheme :- Emerging Challenges to cyber security monitoringThe Congress resolved that the experts in the field should be consulted whohave / had privilege of having gone through the entire gamut of setting up of CyberCells and who had the experience of handling varieties of cases and encounteredproblems and suggested workable solution and roadmap.It was felt that there is a need to have proper Cadre of Specialists who needsto be given due recognition in hierarchy to tackle cyber-crimes. The Congress alsosuggested that in service officers should also be given due recognition / incentiveafter joining the Cadre of Specialists.As a rapidly evolving technical field, the regulation of cyber behaviourcould also be entrusted to private as well as public agencies.6

Session VITheme :- New and Emerging Technology in Police Investigation (IncludingForensics).Information relating to availability and capability of emerging technologiesshould be made available to the end users (investigating agencies) so that they canmake effective use of modern technologies in investigation of crimes. Theinvestigation agencies should be properly trained for preservation of exhibits foruse in modern technologies and also to maintain integrity of exhibits lifted fromthe scene of crime.National Forensic Science Academy needs to be established to meet theneeds of training. The congress felt that mobile forensic science laboratory shouldbe made available to every district for modernisation and development of forensicsthroughout the country. The Congress suggested that suitable amendments shouldbe made in Identification of Prisoners Act 1920 by including the component ofDNA, Bio-Metrics and Voice Recognition Technology along with thecorresponding amendments in Code of Criminal Procedure 1973.Session VIITheme : - Developing Human Resources in police – emerging trends andpolicies.More emphasis should be given in formulating training programs throughnew syllabus and new training techniques/methods. In-Service course should bemade compulsory before promotion.While developing the human resource in the police the strength of policeshould be commensurate with the need of deployment and at the same time thepolice leadership should place right man for the right job at the right time.7

Session VIIITheme 1: - Technology as an aid to fight Left Wing Extremism / Terrorismand InsurgencyAvailable technology with NTRO could be of immense use in providingsecurity-intelligence driven tech umbrella to forces fighting menace of naxalism,terrorism and insurgency.Dog squads could be a force multiplier in counter-insurgency/counterterrorismops and can also be used to perform guard duties but over dependence onspecial breeds need to be reduced.Theme 2: - Best Practices & Procedure to Ensure Integrity in Police.Developing Best practices and procedures related to Policing be developedwithin India and abroad need to be collected collated and published annually at thenational level and made available to State Police Forces.Theme 3: - Ways & Means to strengthen Institutional Memory in PoliceEstablishments.A National Police information portal should be set up expeditiously to serveras a single point for aggregating and accessing all authentic and relevantinformation for research, policy making and practitioners.For strengthening institutional memory, record maintenance with the use ofmodern technology including writing and organizational history be taken up by allthe State Police Forces and Central Armed Police Forces.It is my great pleasure to convey my sincere gratitude to the Government ofSikkim and DG of Police Sikkim for successfully hosting this Congress as agesture to the Indian Police despite their infrastructural constraints which mounted8

a lot of pressure on them and arranged excellent logistics making this Congress agrand success.I would like to convey my sincere gratitude to the Hon’ble Chief Minister ofSikkim, Chief Secretary, Principal Home Secretary and all other officers andpersonnel for the assistance and support for organising this prestigious nationalevent with success.“JAI HIND”*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*9