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Micro-missions to pave way for National Police Mission

Special Correspondent

Shivraj Patil

NEW DELHI: Nearly three years after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh unveiled his government’s ambitious plan to set up a “National Police Mission” to transform the police forces in the country, Union Home Ministry is still in the process of firming it up.

In preparation towards implementing the National Police Mission, the Home Ministry constituted six micro-missions which were dealing with subjects like human resource development, community policing, communication and technology, infrastructure, new processes, proactive policing and future challenges.

Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil presided over the second meeting of the police micro-mission on Friday and asked the members to pay attention to futuristic requirements, including the necessity to prepare for the possible use of radiological, biological and chemical substances by anti-national elements and terrorists.

He called upon the micro-missions to think of ways to provide effective policing to the people, particularly in view of the fact that the police-population ratio in the country was very poor. He stressed on the need to implement the community policing system along with the traditional systems of policing.

Mr. Patil expressed satisfaction over the fact that several State governments have shown keen interest in setting up police universities.

The leaders of the micro-missions also gave an account of the work done by them so far. The meeting was attended by top Home Ministry officials, senior police officers from various States and Central police organisations.

The Prime Minister visualised the National Police Mission to become an effective instrument for maintenance of internal security and also for facing the challenges of the next century by equipping them with the necessary material, intellectual and organisational resources.

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