Community Policing in Delhi

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The vibration of the Community Policing schemes is felt by all over the world and is termed as one of the most sensitive supporting approach to police administration which may shrink the gap between the public and the police. Today in the twenty-first century, citizens have become cautious of their rights and duties and want to change the rudimentary system of policing, which can neither keep the society tranquil nor protect citizens' from impending danger and criminal activities or terrorism. Public being the consumer of the policing of any country tries to intervene in the policing of any country. On the contrary, the police being overloaded with new crime tactics with the advancement of technology tries to shift the burden of work to public. The community policing schemes are only way to bridge the gap between the two.

Here, in this book an attempt has been made to find out the way the Delhi Police has implemented different community policing schemes and its response to public as well as police and to give a specific importance of the scheme. An international approach as well as country's stand on community policing is also elaborated.

The author's main field of interest is Crime and Criminology with focus on participatory approaches. He has published research papers on policing in various parts of India and abroad and presented an array of scholarly works on policing and victimology. He has contributed a paper on Juvenile Justice of India in the edited book published from Canadian Scholars' Press, Canada and busy with another paper on Correctional Administration of India to be published from Canada. In India, he has contributed several papers for publication in different edited books published from different Universities like Dr. H.S. Gour University, Sagar, Vishakhapattanam University, Andhra Pradesh and organisation like Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. At present, he has been pursuing his Ph.D. on this subject.

The author was awarded twice with All India Police Memorial Essay Competition conducted by the Intelligence Bureau. Recently, he was bestowed with the prestigious 'Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant Award' by the Bureau of Police Research and Development under Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India for writing book on the subject. He was also selected as one of the members of research team for publication of the book on Criminal Justice System of Punjab, Chandigarh and Haryana by the West Bengal Netional University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. At present he is working in the Bureau of Police Research and Development, under Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.

The much-needed equilibrium between police and community could not be established due to unhappy legacy of the past as well as the lack of political will and initiative. The crime trend also take its turn in a galloping rate. Under these circumstances, the confluence of police and the community to maintain peace and tranquility and to maintain law and order of the society is of urgent need. The legacy of our history depicts that involvement of community only can protect the citizen and solve important problems of the society. Thus, the community policing is yet to start full fledgedly in our country though some beginning in this direction has already been made. Delhi, being the national capital of the country, is landmark of the policing which will reflect policing not only of different states but also enhance the image of police of the country and cooperation of the community. To compare the present situation and the future scope of better policing in cooperation with the community in Delhi, comparative analysis of the situation is, hence, felt vital and the present study of community policing is taken into account for detailed survey.

The first chapter deals with the history as well as the importance of the community policing in the present day situation of the police administration. The second chapter specifies the review of the available literature on community policing of different countries. Conceptual framework, methodology, scope of the research study are depicted in the third chapter of the study. The international status and prospects of community policing in some of the developed and developing nations are studied in chapter four. How different states have adopted the community policing and how far community policing is successful within the existing system of different states/ UTS are elaborated in the fifth chapter.

While the present scenario of Delhi and its involvement with community using different organs of community policing is analysed in chapter six, the chapter seven stands as the crucial chapter of the study in which prevailing situation after adoption of community policing organs is discussed in details. The structured questionnaire is used to collect information from samples of the study. The chapter eight depicts the drawbacks of the implementation of the existing organs of community policing and opinions of the police and public in this regard. Lastly, the recommendations are mentioned in ninth chapter of the study.

The relevant study is the result of grant-in-aid from the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and of the approval of the Bureau of Police Research and Development. I also acknowledge the support forwarded by the Organisation for Applied Socio Economic Systems (OASES), New Delhi, during the study period for their constant help time to time.

I am grateful to Shri G.S. Pandher, IPS, the then Director General and Shri B.R. Lal, IPS, Director (R&D), of the Bureau of Police Research and Development for granting me to conduct the study.

I am highly beholden to Shri V.V. Sardana IPS (Rtd.) the then Addl. Director General of Police (Tripura), Shri P.K. Siddharth IPS, Deputy Director (Research), Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India and Shri K.K. Rudra IES (Rtd.) for very kindly agreeing to guide me and inspire me to pursue my target.

Book's Contents and Sample Pages