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Thiruvananthapuram
By Our Staff Reporter
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 27 . The Governor, R. L. Bhatia, has said that the public perception of police is determined mainly by the attitude of the officer at the police station. Inaugurating a seminar on "Police and Civil Society" today, Mr. Bhatia said that the police could earn more bouquets than brickbats if they were taught to listen to the public. He said that 30 years in public life had taught him that the man in the police station was the most important link in the criminal justice system. Policemen should be skilled in mediating and settling problems at the station house itself. He said that the Government should devise ways to ensure better co-ordination between the police, judiciary and the media. Good practices such as safeguarding human rights should be encouraged. Vulnerable sections of society, including women and children, should be empowered and insulated against exploitation and crime, Mr. Bhatia said.
DGP's call
In his keynote address, the Director General of Police, P. K. Hormese Tharakan, said that the police should earn the respect of the public not by catering to public opinion but by showing impartial service to the law. He said that when politicians were prevented from interfering unduly in the daily affairs of the State police, the allegation arose that faceless middlemen had infiltrated police stations and corruption levels had gone up. It was not clear whether such criticism was justified. However, much was not done in Kerala in the field of police accountability, he said.
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