[Forked out of this thread on id-cards] Talking law and order in general, the mess is probably deeper than the issue of id-cards: there are a lot of things involved. Lets try analyze this if we can. Let me put a common sense based list of things on the table as I see them:
- Pro-active policing
- Policing methods
- Over reliance on technology (phoe tapping) and undervaluing on-ground constable's eyes
- coordination b/w state and central agencies (I understand no details of this, its a technical matter, not ripe for common sens-ical analysis
- Pre-conviction phase
- Intelligence methods to gather evidence
- support from public/citizens (afraid to participate - as they show in the movies)
- Post conviction phase
- Quality of public prosecution system
- Legal delays: Who do they hurt more - security agencies more or te suspects?
- Reactive situations: Handling law and order spurts
- How do they redeploy resources - any methodical resource planning
- Public relations, and communications -over-reliance on mainstream media?
Think more and you would get categories of things to understand. What do we know about above? How do the weaknesses in above show up? Those who are current on the subject would know about Soli Sorabjee committee's recommendations. What aspects do those recommendations cover? And why do you think the recommendations are not getting implemented yet?
Some links
- This is what Karnataka state police discloses about itself (RTI disclosure)
- Karnataka state police website. Notice that DGP Mr Srikumar is a tech guy, he maintains a blog!
- and, our Bangalore Police website.
PS: Please use the tag "law and order" if you are creating new discussions for narrow focus material on the subject.
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NYPD will admit amateur video evidence
Speaking of engaging citizens with Police, how about this latest development in New York. See this - NY Police Deptt will now accept video from citizens
Now, if we suggest such a thing, (after, Bangalore should be the natural leader in all things tech) are there good chances that it will get lost in confusion over who has the authority to change related laws or whatever? Does Karnataka or Bangalore police have the authority to setup such a thing?
About the specifics of this example - why not? Half of Bangalore has camera phones. Yes, images can be fudged, but there are tools that tell you if its a fudged image. Even otherwise, if there are published procedures - like take a shot of same 'thing' from at least three different angles, that will help.
Imagine all of us sending 5-6 set of pictures everyday about vehicles parked here and there, about encroachement (its a BBMP subject though, not police). what would that be like? We can even collaborate anonymously to collect tons of evidence about targeted misadventurists.
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