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Nagaland Governor and former Delhi Police Commissioner Nikhil Kumar on Friday said that barring a few,most IPS officers had failed to meet the expectations of the people.
Delivering the annual Anandswarup Gupta Memorial Lecture organised by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) on Good Governance,he said,My friends,please forgive me for saying this,we have failed the IPS. We have not been able to improve the image of the IPS and of the police. There may be some individuals in their own individual capacity,somewhere,doing extremely good work but the sum of the whole is that we have not been able to do what was expected of the police, he said.
Asking BPRD Director General Vikram Srivastava to conduct a study on improving both the IPS and police services,Kumar said,The fact (is) that the constable doesnt get his due either from the government or from the public. How you are going to get the constable to improve is what I,in my humble opinion,feel is the key to improve the situation. If that happens,if the constable is in position to hold his own against the people of that area,he has self respect,then I think we will be taking a big step towards improving police leadership.
On Naxalism,he said the Maoists demand is genuine but they have decided to disperse the administration. Implementation of schemes like MNREGA… is not so successful (in those areas) because Maoists target those who are most affected.
