A tough job than it appears...

The Indian Police force is known for all those reasons for which nobody would like to be known. They are the force who believe in force. Any person with right frame of mind would not like to or be approached by an Indian police man. People want to stay away from Indian police.

Many officers have tried in vain to change image of POLICE. They stick to their guns. Their nexus with criminals & politicians is well known and accepted fact. Instead of protecting, I feel we need to be protected from them.

They are there just to harass common & law fearing individuals. For rich & famous the story is vice-versa.

They behave as if during pre-independence era the Britishers treated Indian public.

Its known to everyone how they mess-up the investigation and their trade mark of "late comers"... reaching the crime spot after exorbitant delay. The list is endless.

Fine, this is one side of the coin, now have a look at the other side of the coin. You would be surprised that they are still governed by some rules which were formulated by British Raj. They still get Rs.150/- ($ 3.20) for disposing off the unclaimed bodies and they are supposed to collect the body from mortuary, transport it to the burial and do the last rites according to the religion of the dead. Have you wondered what is the salary of a constable, its just Rs 6500/ month. Under what extreme and inhuman conditions they are required to work. They don't have eight hours of shift rather they are on work 24X7. To add to their woes is indecent, corrupt, arrogant behavior of their superiors. There are no HRD department to plan their welfare, and even if it exists its only on the paper. If they take no action against the criminals, public, media, politicians all blame them, but if they take action then the same public, media and politicians and even HUMAN RIGHTS don't spare a word in criticizing them. The unscrupulous politicians use the police force to their whims and fancy and also finds them the safest scapegoats. Have a look at their level of education, training, living conditions, the money and other pleasures they have to ensure for their superiors and politicians. They have to protect the lives of criminals once they become politicians. Place yourself in these working conditions and then think.

Now under the above circumstances the big question is what should be done do reform them ?

You may contribute your ideas on managing this problem.