Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) welcomes HM's assurance
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 19 2012:
Centre for Organisation Research and Education (CORE) has welcomed the reported statement of the new Home Minister Gaikhangam that his first priority is to develop a people friendly police force in the State.
In a statement, CORE said that the responsibilities and task of the Home Minister of Manipur are extremely challenging while appreciating the commitment of the Home Minister.
It pointed out that providing a secure environment and taking up confidence building measures requires two priorities�to make the police a disciplined force and to do away with regular interference in the work of the police while executing their duties from politicians and other authorities.
The CORE therefore, urged the Home Minister to take a serious view of the priority issues while taking up his plan of action.
It further stated that one of the key objectives of police reform is to ensure the police department is appropriately and fully staffed so that it can function as a well disciplined arm of the Government.
The statement also pointed out that confidence building measures require a strategy to be developed with wide and meaningful participation of different sections of the society, such as women, senior citizens, NGOs and human rights defenders, academicians, youth and students, civil society, etc.
It noted that a people-friendly department takes that the police themselves first become exemplary citizens.
No citizen, young and old, male and female should approach the police with fear, shame or uncertainty about how they wiould be treated by the police personnel.