Referring to one of the article
posted by one of the retired IPS officer Mr. Prem Singh (DGP prisons) here in
the Shillong times special article section and to honestly mention it, the
writer have hit the nail on the head. As the writer cited a need of up gradation
of our homeland security functioning style, indeed there has to be a change of
functioning from the conventional ways. Crime scene and terrorism activities
are moving way ahead than what we normally perceive; they are updated with the
latest ICT means, intelligence and weaponry systems etc. as said by the ex-cop
a substantiable point to really agree upon is that there has been an
exponential rise in the use of technologies by the offenders to terrorize and
disrupt the normal public situations.
Intelligent, professionalize and
refined ways and means is the emphasis of this article with respect to our
security service authorities, it is understandable that other developed
countries have the better ways and means for providing security service to the
public. A question to introspect is our police services lagging behind?? an
honest answer is a no, we are not lagging behind but we are laid back sticking
to the conventional ways of functioning, following the old manual ways of
investigation, tracking crime activities etc which undeniably takes time.
It is very well understood that
police personnel undergo a tough training; no doubt training is important but
to look into the present security scenario, training should be a complete
modernized package and to highly mention we have to go hundred steps ahead and
competent enough to understand the present crime scenarios not with the old
ways but with modern inputs.
A point to be highlighted as said by
the ex-cop “The role of the police must change from that of a ‘force’ to that
of a ‘service’ to the community and certain basic values and norms must be
inculcated in the police that would make them sensitive to the aspirations of
the people and responsive to their needs and help them in serving the people better”.
There are many entities which the
writer had mentioned in the article, ranging from training to the use of
technologies etc. and recently as it came in the Shillong times that the use of
choppers in the state police force is extremely beneficial in terms of
deployment and logistics etc. and of course their use would come up with
modern specialized training.
This article would lay emphasis more
on the use of technologies in the state homeland security and also inculcating
them into specialized training. The recent implementation of CCTV into our city
is a great boon to our security surveillance systems; it has already given an
edge to tracking and handling crime activities. To add more into the homeland
security systems in an intelligent way is the inclusion of spatial and
satellite surveillance technologies. Many developed countries have made GIS
technology part and parcel in the homeland security departments. Why GIS? The
reason is that every activity is related to specific locations it gives an edge
to comprehensive view, the use of satellite surveillance, imageries or tracking
on real time, the locations of crime activity can be easily recorded and would
further help in crime analysis.
GIS, spatial technology is coming in
a big way in India as in the recent commitments and plans of our Government
under our PM Narendra Modi leadership, GIS will be one of the MISSION MODE
PROJECTS (MMP) which is a part of the DIGITAL India programme. It is high time
for our state leadership to open up to such development which is coming in a
huge way.
To conclude, we cannot escape the
adversities that are lying ahead us but knowing, understanding, preparing and
monitoring them ahead would be the best way.
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