01129pab a2200133 454500008004000000100001700040245001800057260000900075300001200084362001200096520085000108650001100958773002600969180718b2001   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aIyer, T.G.L.  aTime to trust  c2001  ap.30-34  aJan-Mar  aThe public do not trust the police although they have to depend on them.  This puts them in a unique predicament.  The mistrust between police and public is a historical creation.  Laws, whichs govern the police, were created to raise the trust of the people in British Empire so that the colonial occupation may continue forever.  The police were given more fetters so that they could not serve the people but only masters who were ruling the people.  The police has been misused and abused leading to the decline in the rule of law and thereby increasing distrust in police performance.  This trend can be reversed only if the police are insulated from the extraneous control of politicians and made accountable to the law alone.  When trust is reposed in police, there will be proper response from the police to honour the trust. - Reproduced  aPolice  aIndian Police Journal