| Friends,
Today I had an opportunity to meet a person who has been coming to India to study its Police and policing system since 1965, three years before I was born. Professor David Bayley from USA has a wide range of experiences of Indian Police, more so with the officers of the Indian Police Service. He is of the opinion that Indian Police Service is one of the best Police services of the world and is of its own kind, which is rare to see anywhere else. He believes that some of the best students have been coming to the service since 1960s and the trend continues to remain so. But there is one aspect he particularly feels concerned about. He thinks that while he talked to IPS officers of 1960s, they had a sense of power and authority in them which they felt they could use for public good. They all had a feeling that they had a control over their destiny and their course of future career through the great tradition they were part of. On the other hand, he feels that the present generation IPS officers have much more despair and helplessness in them. He feels that these IPS officers have a visible sense of lack of authority and position. Prof Bayley feels that today's IPS officers often feel they are being persecuted for none of their faults and will generally not be able to deliver results they feel so strongly about. As an optimist he feels that the officers of the IPS will "come together as a fraternity and will face this situation in togetherness.". Is this a subtle hint towards some deep malaise deep down in the fraternity? Amitabh IPS, # 94155-34526 |
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