Allahabad: In the first endeavour of its kind in the country, Uttar Pradesh Police have collaborated with IIT, Kanpur, to study ways and means of improving the efficiency of the police force.
"We have a total of four pilot projects, involving a total cost of Rs 40 lakh, whereby problems plaguing the police force and the possible remedies would be studied jointly by our experts as well as the IIT-Kanpur, Additional Director General of Police, SK Rizvi said.
He also added that the research projects will be completed with the help of computer, electronics, sociology and psychology departments of IIT Kanpur.
The green signal for the project has already been obtained from the state government as well as the Union Home ministry,
Of the four projects, one would focus on usage of advanced computerised communications system in police and another on digital crime mapping to study the law and order situation in a particular area.
The remaining two projects would study the ways and means of motivating policemen to be receptive to innovations, Rizvi said.
Stressing on the need for such researche, Rizvi said policing is not just wielding the baton.
On the contrary, it is a job requiring specific skills and exacting professional standards.
"This is a truth India needs to wake up to, as has been done by most of the advanced countries, many of them even offering courses in police science and police technology at their prestigious universities," Rizvi, an IITian himself, said.
"In every developing society, the police is supposed to play a crucial role, but it often gets bogged down by the enormity of job pressure and public expectations. If the problems are not rectified, it leads to the force getting callous and indifferent, which leads to immeasurable damage to the society," the ADG said.
Rizvi said the successful inter-linking of all officials of the rank of station officers and above through closed circuit mobile phones has "dramatically" improved communication among policemen and that too at a not very high cost.
"The rental for over 3,000 mobile phones is at Rs 30-40 lakh which is not a big strain on the state exchequer."
The proposal to bring in battery-operated vehicles for routine operations, cleared by Union Home ministry, is bound to reduce the recurring cost of fuel besides doing its bit in the direction of pollution control.
"These innovations were entirely products of our own study and imagination. With the help of the expertise that IIT Kanpur can provide, we can revolutionise the face of UP police," the ADG said.
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