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| Does training need a review? | | Khaki growing brutal | | Abodh Sharma
Jammu, Oct 9: Killing of a woman by a couple of police constables close on the heels of another incident of khaki brute when the PSOs of a senior Minister beat a traffic officer blue and black in full public view have raised serious question mark on the conduct of our police who have failed to shun the image of king's police of the imperial times.
"The moment they adorn khakhi, they become brutes" said a youth who was summoned in a city police station in a case of land grabbing. "They would address you as if you are an animal," he continued expressing anger. Such complaints against police are not unusual. A traffic police constable entered into heated argument with a senior citizen the other day at Residency Road. The elder took a strong exception to the manner in which the constable addressed him.
While many attribute it to the varied pressures under which the police work, others feel that fault lies in the training of police which has been pathetically outdated and irrelevant. Police have failed to incorporate innovative training methodology that became necessary with the changing times. There is no denying the fact that the recruits and the middle rung officers of the police force all over the country are trained using primitive means. While criminology and police sciences, Indian Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code and other related subjects do figure in the course content for the officers in the State Police Academy, it is important that subjects such as behavioural sciences, psychology, cyber crimes and computer application in investigations are included in the curriculum as the criminals are out-smarting the police.
Further, men and officers are posted from one wing of the police to another without any refresher course, or briefing or de-briefing about the new assignment. A constable posted in STF wing may find himself posted in a city police station one sweet morning. It is easy to comprehend the kind of mindset that he would have developed during his posting there, and the need to debrief him before he resumed his new duty.
A former Director of the Sher-I-Kashmir Police Training Academy, when asked to express his views on the issue, confessed, "the training that we impart especially to the constables is totally irrelevant in the present scenario and expert intervention to revamp the training curriculum in accordance with the changed socio-economic scenario and new challenges of modern day crime has become imperative". However, besides aiming at professional competence, it is important that police are given lessons in general behaviour and public relations so that the common man whom police claim to protect, confides in them. |
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