Uttar Pradesh Police is not only lacking in modern technology systems to check the crime and other unwarranted incidents in the state,but it also doesn’t have the capability and capacity to install modern technology systems.The most important place to monitor the criminal activities is the police station,and we all know very well,that the police stations based in Uttar Pradesh are simply not prepared and devised to cater for present needs,which is not only an injustice to the people,but a sign of weakness and helplessness.

Political establishment has secured strategic depth in police organization,due to which the strategy making process in the matter of internal security is always override by political ambitions and the common man is the ultimate sufferer.

Implementation of Police Reforms will not only change the identity of police,but it will also build a culture of accountability and responsibility in the police organization.

Existence of political patronage system within the police system lead to the distortion of functioning pattern and structure of entire police organization,which results in the creation of new system,dedicated to political class for achieving political ambitions at the cost of nation’s security.

Today,Uttar Pradesh Police is suffering from political syndrome,due to which the police is acting as an anti-virus for protecting the system of sinners,who most often committed crime on the behalf of political structure.

Police administration has always been used to reflect power equations in politics.

Misbehaviour and misconduct has become the forte of Uttar Pradesh Police.When an incident of misbehaviour occurs,then transfer or suspension order comes in the form of minor punishment for a police officer and after sometime that police officer again gets prime posting in the district.We don’t hear from Chief Minister about bringing any fundamental change in the training and service pattern of police personnels,DGP says that bad cops will not remain in service,but so far he has failed to keep his word. Chief Minister doesn’t have a time to look into the matters of police administration and every incident related with misconduct of police personnels is being treated as a minor incident.Police personnels don’t know,how to treat with a girl or a woman? They don’t know about the procedures to be followed,while dealing with a woman at the police station.Incapability,inefficiency,irresponsibility,are some of the especialites,which Uttar Pradesh Police have included in its rule book.On one hand,state government is not allocating adequate resources to police personnels to perform standard procedures,and on the other,at the time of calling police officers,we hear people friendly caller tunes,but a common man rarely gets a chance to speak with that officer.So,this is the way,in which the largest single police force in the country perform its duties.

Refurbishing the image of police is not as easy as it seems.But, we are used to hear, the self motivated statement of senior police officials about bringing a revolutionary change in the overall image of police administration.Statement can’t be an alternative for action.Actually,most of the IPS Officers are not providing quality leadership to their subordinates ,because they are involved in serving their political bosses and state government too doesn’t want to change this traditional meaning of policing.Image makeover requires multi-pronged strategy to bring a change at every level of policing.

Today,policing doesn’t mean only to maintain law and order.The meaning and definition of policing has changed in various terms.Challenges related to modern terrorism,community policing,issues related to cyber crime,pro active role in issues related to crime against women,ensuring active and constructive participation of common man are some of critical issues which need to become an integral part of policing,apart from serving political bosses and superiors in the police administration.Politics needs to change its mindset and thinking pattern policing related matters.Political class should design a roadmap for effective policing and police administration should implement that roadmap in a transparent way and should be accountable to people,which will come by developing an institutional mechanism of transparency and accountability for police administration.The time has come now to thinking out of the box to meet the expectations of a common man by delivering ideal policing.

Senior Police Officers must be held accountable for molestation of a girl or a woman on the streets of a city.Suspending beat constable,SHO is an excuse to get away with the responsibility of taking action against higher police officials.In case of any molestation of a girl,government should immediately suspend SP/SSP of that city,so that senior police officers must feel the heat of strict action.Effective policing is not a child’s game.It requires a multidisciplinary course of action.State government has to increase the number of policemen,allocation of resources should be enhanced,increase the number of QRTs and QRT shouldn’t mean a a symbol of lazyness and leniency,QRT should deliver quick response and for that there is a need of smart and effective supervision by senior police officers and most importantly,make police station as the strongest and reliable part of policing.Mr. Chief Minister,people are asking,how long will they see the horrible face of policing?