Challenges for police in the 21st century
- 2001
- p.96-105.
- Jan-Mar
The emerging social, economic and cultural milieu have thrown up challenges of a newer kind before the police administration of the country. Its task is no more confined to maintaining law and order. It encompasses now a greater responsibility of coping with the awareness and fostering the new social order in more responsive and humane way. Latest advancements in technology and pace of communication call for bracing up of the resources and forces. The author, a seasoned and experienced police officer, lists the major ills in the set up, behaviour, organisation and preparedness of the law enforcing agency. He outlines the factors that have tarnished the image and effectiveness of this important arm of civil administration and suggests in details various measures required to overcome the present inadequacies. - Reproduced