Make Delhi Police a model for other states: PM asks HM

The Hindu Prime Minister Manmohan Singh alongwith Home Minister P.Chidambaram during the Chief Ministers Conference on Internal Security at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on February 01,2011. Photo:R.V. Moorthy

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today asked the Home Ministry to make Delhi Police a model for other State forces to follow by taking steps like friendly policing.

He also stressed on the need to revamp the functioning of police stations and policemen across the country to strengthen internal security mechanism.

We cannot continue to police our society with archaic laws and policing systems. We are aware that many police commissions have made various recommendations on police reforms. I urge the States to seriously look into this aspect," he said.

"I would like the Ministry of Home Affairs to carry forward this exercise to its logical conclusion in the Union Territory of Delhi during the coming years so that Delhi Police becomes a model for other State police forces to emulate," Prime Minister said.

While the central and the State intelligence agencies are at work, we need to recognise a very significant fact that the best, actionable and prompt intelligence on internal security often comes from the police stations.

But people will come forth to give information to the local policeman, only when they see him as a friend. We need to closely examine the functioning of police stations and bring forth changes to make policemen truly people friendly," he said while inaugurating Chief Minister's conference on internal security here.

The Prime Minister said, "We need to take three pronged action on community policing, police reforms and informed use of technology respectively to make this happen."

He asked the Centre and the states to work together to formulate guidelines for community policing.

Bridging the gap of mistrust that exists between the police and community will go a long way in collecting actionable intelligence. This also brings me to the idea of involving the academia and professionals, who are experts in the field of data mining and cyber security, in policing," Dr. Singh added.


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