Police must master use of technology: Home Minister
| Date :23-Apr-2022 |
Staff Reporter
Union Home and Co-operatives Minister Amit Shah has said that the era of police with batons of British era has ended. Now, policing will have to be based on knowledge, evidence and logic. The science of police needs to change.
Police up to head constable, constable level will have to become tech-savvy: Union Minister Shah said that criminals are getting equipped with latest technology from all over the world. It is essential that the police force is two steps ahead of the criminal. For this, the police will have to be techno-savvy and master the use of technology at every beat, head constable, constable level, otherwise we will not be able to control new types of crimes. For this BPR&D has provided a platform. Work is being done in this direction in the last ten years through various training sessions. All India Police Science Congress is important for the internal challenges of the country and ensuring security and such events are necessary.
Union Minister Shah said that there are challenges before the country like drugs, hawala transactions, cyber fraud. A person sitting in one state can indulge in cyber fraud with a person from another state. There is no common strategy to deal with such cases. What is the medium of communication for resolving such cases? The Police Science Congress is the ideal system for these situations. BPR&D is essential to find solutions by bringing police from across the country on one platform to face similar challenges. It is, therefore, necessary that the Police Science Congress should also discuss in a special session the determination of a common strategy to meet similar challenges. Union Minister Shah was addressing the inaugural session of the 48th All India Police Science Congress at the Central Police Training Academy, Bhopal. Giving examples, Minister Shah said that different CCTVs are being installed by the residents’ associations, municipal corporations, market associations in the cities. Cameras have been installed, but this is not related to the police system. By co-ordinating these, better and
more economical monitoring system can be established. The system of beat, parade and khabri system will have to be revived and strengthened. The presence of police improves law and order. Beat patrolling is important, it brings a sense of security and satisfaction among the public. The right process and perfection are essential for success. Success comes from passion, it is the responsibility of all of us to create passion in the police force. Union Minister Shah said that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has made a special contribution in transforming Madhya Pradesh into a developing state from a BIMARU state. Chief Minister Chouhan and Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra were present in the programme. Before the programme, Union Minister Shah and Chief Minister Chouhan paid floral tributes and garlanded martyrs at Shaheed Memorial in the premises of Central Police Training Academy, Bhopal Union Minister Shah and Chief Minister Chouhan released five books. These include the Compendium on All India Police Science Congress, 45th issue of Police Science magazine, Data on Police Organisation 2021, Best Practices on Smart Policing and National Syllabus for Directly Recruited Sub Inspectors.
Tribute to 2,712 cops who died amid corona pandemic: Union Minister Shah paid tributes to 2,712 policemen who died while discharging of duty during the corona period and expressed condolences to their family members. Union Minister Shah said that the contribution of the All India Police Science Congress in the police system is significant for two reasons. Police and internal security have been considered State subjects in the constitutional system. The change in the nature of crime since the making of the Constitution has posed different types of challenges to the police. Some such tendencies have emerged, on which the police of the states and the police across the country will have to work with mutual co-ordination and uniformity, otherwise we will not be able to face the challenges.
Now policing will have to be done on the basis of knowledge, evidence and logic: Union Minister Shah said that there are two aspects of Police-Science, first ‘Science for Police’ and second ‘Science of Police’. Serious consideration of both these subjects is necessary to face the challenges facing the country. To strengthen the internal security of the country, modernisation of police, training to enable police, availability of latest technology and necessary system for health care of policemen will have to be developed.
The concept of smart policing given by Prime Minister Modi can be realised only then. More than 16,000 of our police stations have become online. CCTNS is providing nine services through NCRB at the state level. There is a need to make the public as well as the police aware about these services. Training of digital systems like Vehicle NOC, Missing Persons Search Engine, Nafees Software for Finger Print Search etc. upto the police station level should be ensured. There is a need to increase the use of database in cases of terrorists, narcotics, bomb blasts, plane hijacks.
A definite system should be established for their study at the state level. All the police units of the country should do the work of taking the CCTNS services up to the police station level.