c.ferrer, mangalore

Mr DGP Srikumar Police are there to HELP the common man while keeping law and order. If they do not do their job they should be and must be sent away for re training because otherwise they will be BAD policemen in the years to come. Seeing the way they behaved during the last month of tension in mangalore and DK, they apeared to be extensions of the trouble makers.

Male policemen physically manhandling women, policemen caning helpless citizens ( if they cannot catch the culprits do not use lathis as whips), policemen entering places of worship ( I wonder what would have happened if they tried to enter one of the darghas, temples or mosques- mayhem I can tell you)without a magistrate warrant, kicking helpless persons lying on the ground,etc

Shame on them and their "bosses" for allowing this to continue for hours and hours. The time has come for a national police force where all appointments must be away from their home districts and also there must be a clear rotation plan- nobody, regardless of their "connections" should be allowed to remain in the same post at the same place for more than 3 years.

Today we have corrupt policemen everywhere just stand at Jyothi or Kankanady Junction and see the blatant violation of laws by the aam admi right in front of the eyes of the protectors of the law. NOISE POLLUTION- AIR HORNS- RECKLESS DRIVING BY THE BUSES- sorry but I have burst my right eardrum thanks to this noise.

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Ronald, Udupi

Transfer of Ganapathy and Jayanth Shetty will serve as some kind of compensation to the innocent Catholic victims faced pain for no reason. The reason is only to satisfy ruling govt in their crooked motive!

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Karen, Mangalore

I was given to understand that the civil servants (e.g. IAS officers)owe allegiance to the President of India similarly, all state personnel ought to bear allegiance to the Governor of the state, rather than to the ruling party of the day (or year!!!). The police force is stretched with lack of manpower and skill, low pay, frequent transfers that only frustrate them further.

The environment and their archaic lathi system rarely encourages an honest, kind and empathic approach and work culture. While strictly condemning the attitude and behaviour displayed by the police personnel in last fortnight's events in Mangalore, can the proposed Police Establishment Board work towards a solution that involves even soft skills and motivational talks regarding behaviour? Behavioural psychologists and non-denominational spiritual advisors can be part of the team that trains these police personnel in batches. They should also be shown videos of civilian and traffic policing undertaken in developed countries.

The constable on the road today thinks that he is supposed to debase and assert his superiority over a simple, law-abiding citizen, while saluting the moneyed uncouth people who roam around in big cars, (mobile phones when driving!).Our police force is indeed behaving roughly and brutally (as we witnessed even more in the past few days). The police personnel right down to the grass roots constable needs to be sensitised and also paid better to make him less susceptible to taking a bribe.

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Ronald D'Souza, Mangalore

The only solution to an effective police force is to free them from the clutches of the politicians who are the rulers on the day (whoever they might be). A police code of conduct should be in place (instead of machinations by the political class) that will govern police functioning on a day to day level and punishment for over-stepping the mark like it happened in Mangalore or other corrupt practices.

Only an independently functioning police force will meet the aspirations of a rising India. The sooner it happens the better for the Indian people. The question is - which politician will allow this when control and command of the police to slip out of their grubby hands? It is one of the best perks of office.

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Anita, Mangalore / Canada

Kudos to you Ninette, for saying things as they stand. Police should be for the Protection of the Public, no matter religion / caste or sect. They should not be the ones who join hands with the oppressors to further inflict torture on innocent souls. At least Ninette said transfer the corrupt officials, into remote places - I would suggest they have to be fired from their positions. When the hand that should protect you becomes the hand that destroys you - the person is then, in the wrong profession.

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Ninette, Mangalore / Canada

It is a fact that the police officers suffer on personal level, when they are transferred on a regular basis. Some of the officers that face regular transfers can be the decent and good officers who have crossed sword with the corrupt but influential elements in the society.  I hope ‘Police Establishment Board’ does not contain ‘yes sir’ people, but independent entity that decide on overriding the decision of transfers relating to good and hard working officers.

Furthermore, DGP Srikumar should realize police are there for a purpose. It is immaterial whether the problem arises between two common person or that of thousand people – police need to be on site when called to maintain law and order.

In one sentence he has pointed out two examples that need police protection for churches and distributing fertilizers to farmers. If he is trying to make a point, he is way out of line. Does he think that vandalism of churches by hooligans, beating of women by police, arresting people from inside the sanctity of the church by police is his comparison for police escort of manure on the way to the farmers? A lot of police who were on the site of recent riots have proved truly in the pockets of instigators and should be facing transfers to remote places immediately.

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Rolphy Almeida, Udupi

Election strategy is being worked out by transferring efficient and those working in the best interest of the nation. God alone knows what will happen to this Mahatma Gandhi’s nation who sacrificed his life for being selfless.

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