Uttar Pradesh Police is one of the most unpopular police force in India.People of Uttar Pradesh are not able to develop the trust on police due to several reasons.Uttar Pradesh Police think that lip service can do everything like, lip service can develop trust among people,lip service can teach a policeman about how to behave,lip service can stop crime in the state,lip service can launch special drives against eve teasing,lip service can provide security to women in the state,in an overall perspective lip service is the best weapon to make police force effective,faithful and sensitive.I like to say that this method of controlling crime and developing mutual trust is totally erroneous.I can say that lip service is the way of giving assurance but if only assurance can prevail the Rule of Law in the state then there is no need of Indian Police Act.Lip Service provides the sense of belongingness but it does not resolve the core issue,especially to tackle crime in the state.Actually,IPS Officers of Uttar Pradesh are adopting the path of their political bosses or may be they are ordered to follow the principle of politics.When you talk to the DPCs,DIG,IGPs ,then the first assurance you will get from them is to focus on trust building measures.But,it is very disappointing that the police officials of Uttar Pradesh are not able to find the trust building measures since a long time.Here,equal blame also goes to state government because when any commited and dedicated officer want to implement a new initiative,then he will be awarded with the most beautiful gift of transfer.But,there are only few police officers who want to do so otherwise most of the officers only believe in lip service but a common man get nothing by this kind of service.I have read the interview of many DPCs of Lucknow and other cities when they have joined their respective district for the first time,everybody expressed concern about the behaviour of policemen,lack of trust between policeman and aam aadmi,increasing cases of crime against women and on the first day of joining they make announcements that policeman will be made accountable,action will be taken against guilty irrespective of having any kind of background,a safer environment will be provided for women and so on.I know,that transfer is the major problem of IPS Officers in the state and Uttar Pradesh Police administration is feeling suffocated in political environment but still there are few officers who are giving good performance.I know that condition is not same for everyone but the police administration has become irresponsible and careless.I urge the police administration of Uttar Pradesh to stop lip service and do a little focus on bridging gap between police and people and I also urge the Chief Minister to provide suitable environment to the police administration for performing their tasks and make them accountable.
