The Business Line-Hindu newspapers have exposed the S-band spectrum deal involving the ISRO Company Antrix and a private company, Devas Multimedia. By this agreement, the private company was to get access to high quality spectrum of 70 MHz through the launching of two custom-made satellites. The presumptive loss of revenue to the government would have been atleast Rs. 2 lakh crores.
Faced with this exposure, the UPA government has resorted to the now familiar pattern when confronted with largescale scams and corruption. It has sought to underplay the extent of wrongdoing, claim that the agreement has not been implemented and obfuscate the issues involved.
A number of questions remain unanswered in this affair which falls under the purview of the Department of Space, which is directly under the Prime Minister. How is it that the Cabinet gave clearance for launching the first satellite in December 2005 which is meant solely for the purpose of the private company? Why the agreement was not cancelled when the contract was found to be inappropriate and the Space Commission wanted it annulled in July 2010? Why is it that the government did not act even after the Additional Solicitor General had recommended that the termination of the agreement be a Government decision?
The latest decision by the Prime Minister to constitute a two-member committee to “review” the agreement is highly questionable. What is the necessity for a “review” when already the contract has been found to be unjustified and needs to be annulled? The persons appointed – a former Cabinet Secretary and a member of the Space Commission –were both involved in the processing of the deal. The intention seems to be to keep this as an in-house matter.
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands an independent time-bound high-level enquiry by a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
There are media reports of the obstructions faced by the Comptroller and Auditor General in examining the contract. The CAG should be able to examine fully all the relevant papers regarding the agreement.
The people of the country will not be satisfied till all the facts about this dubious deal are uncovered and the guilty brought to book.
Community policing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (June 2010) In 1967, state-of-the-art policing was exemplified by a fast response to radio calls in this Portland Police "black-and-white" and a crowd drawn by the siren and flashing lights.
Community policing or neighborhood policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear, with community members helping to identify suspects, detain offenders, bring problems to the attention of police, or otherwise target the social problems which give rise to a crime problem in the first place.[1]
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, which proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.
Community Policing consists of three key components:
Community Partnerships: Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police. These partnerships are forged in conjunction with other government agencies,community members and groups, human and social service providers, private businesses, and the media.
Organizational Transformation: The alignment of a law enforcement agency's organizational management practices, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving. Police departments engaged in effective community policing seek to transform their organizational culture, leadership and management structure, labor relations, strategic planning processes, how they evaluate performance, the transparency of their operations, the geographic assignment of officers, the alignment of their fiscal resources, recruitment and hiring practices, training, and information gathering systems. The objective of these changes is to create an organizational infrastructure that can best support proactive operations intended to prevent crime. Traditional law enforcement practices are reactive and emphasize measures such as response times, arrest rates, and other rote responses to crime. Community policing encourages police to proactively solve community problems and address the factors that contribute to crime rather than how police respond to crime.
Though this transformation theoretically reflects the background of American policing and contributes to the reduction in crime, the transformation was often awkward, especially in the 1980s and '90s, when many departments saw it as diminishing their authority and opportunity to work independently. It required, fundamentally, a shift from police departments', particularly big-city police departments', seeing "law enforcement" as a mission to seeing it as a tool in public safety.
Problem Solving: The process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to develop and rigorously evaluate effective responses. Community policing requires police to become proficient in what is known as the SARA model of problem solving. Scanning: Identifying and prioritizing problems. Analysis: Researching what is known about the problem. Response: Developing solutions to bring about lasting reductions in the number and extent of problems. Assessment: Evaluating the success of the responses.[2] [1]
Agency overview Formed : November 1st, 1956 Preceding agencies
* Cochin State Royal Police * Royal Travancore Police * Malabar Special Police- Madras Presidency
Employees 49,149 Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Jurisdictional structure Operations jurisdiction* State of Kerala, India Size 38863 km2 (15005 sq mi) Population 31,841,374 Legal jurisdiction State of Kerala General nature
* Law enforcement * Civilian police
Operational structure Overviewed by Home Office, Government of Kerala Headquarters State Police Headquarters, Vellayambalam,. Thiruvananthapuram – 695-010 Polices 42,149 Ministerial Staffs 7,000 Elected officer responsible Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (Home Minister) Agency executive Jacob Punnoose, Director General of Police-Kerala State (DGP) Parent agency Home Office, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Kerala Departments 12[show] Law and Order (General Executive) Crime Branch(CID) Hi-Tech Crime & Cyber Support Cell Special Branch (Intelligence and Operations) Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Armed Police Battalions State Crime Records Bureau Kerala Police Academy Forensic Science Laboratory Motor Transport Wing General Administration and Personnel Police Finances Commission Special Regiments Specialized Polices 8[show] Kerala Highway Police Tourist Police Kerala Railway Police Coastal and Marine Police Cyber Crime Cell Traffic Police Watch and Ward Police Band Vanitha (Women) Police Facilities Police Stations 525[1] SUVs 1786 Heavy Police Vehicles 402 Patrol & Transport Cars 127 High Speed Marine Inceptors 25 Sniffer Dogs (Bomb and Narcotics)[2]s 30 Cavalry Horses (Mounted force)[3]s 30
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ReplyDeleteOn The S-band Spectrum Scam
ReplyDeleteThe Business Line-Hindu newspapers have exposed the S-band spectrum deal involving the ISRO Company Antrix and a private company, Devas Multimedia. By this agreement, the private company was to get access to high quality spectrum of 70 MHz through the launching of two custom-made satellites. The presumptive loss of revenue to the government would have been atleast Rs. 2 lakh crores.
Faced with this exposure, the UPA government has resorted to the now familiar pattern when confronted with largescale scams and corruption. It has sought to underplay the extent of wrongdoing, claim that the agreement has not been implemented and obfuscate the issues involved.
A number of questions remain unanswered in this affair which falls under the purview of the Department of Space, which is directly under the Prime Minister. How is it that the Cabinet gave clearance for launching the first satellite in December 2005 which is meant solely for the purpose of the private company? Why the agreement was not cancelled when the contract was found to be inappropriate and the Space Commission wanted it annulled in July 2010? Why is it that the government did not act even after the Additional Solicitor General had recommended that the termination of the agreement be a Government decision?
The latest decision by the Prime Minister to constitute a two-member committee to “review” the agreement is highly questionable. What is the necessity for a “review” when already the contract has been found to be unjustified and needs to be annulled? The persons appointed – a former Cabinet Secretary and a member of the Space Commission –were both involved in the processing of the deal. The intention seems to be to keep this as an in-house matter.
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands an independent time-bound high-level enquiry by a retired judge of the Supreme Court.
There are media reports of the obstructions faced by the Comptroller and Auditor General in examining the contract. The CAG should be able to examine fully all the relevant papers regarding the agreement.
The people of the country will not be satisfied till all the facts about this dubious deal are uncovered and the guilty brought to book.
Community Policing
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. The talk page may contain suggestions. (June 2010)
In 1967, state-of-the-art policing was exemplified by a fast response to radio calls in this Portland Police "black-and-white" and a crowd drawn by the siren and flashing lights.
Community policing or neighborhood policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control crime and reduce fear, with community members helping to identify suspects, detain offenders, bring problems to the attention of police, or otherwise target the social problems which give rise to a crime problem in the first place.[1]
Community policing is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem-solving techniques, which proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, and fear of crime.
Community Policing consists of three key components:
Community Partnerships: Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police. These partnerships are forged in conjunction with other government agencies,community members and groups, human and social service providers, private businesses, and the media.
Organizational Transformation: The alignment of a law enforcement agency's organizational management practices, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving. Police departments engaged in effective community policing seek to transform their organizational culture, leadership and management structure, labor relations, strategic planning processes, how they evaluate performance, the transparency of their operations, the geographic assignment of officers, the alignment of their fiscal resources, recruitment and hiring practices, training, and information gathering systems. The objective of these changes is to create an organizational infrastructure that can best support proactive operations intended to prevent crime. Traditional law enforcement practices are reactive and emphasize measures such as response times, arrest rates, and other rote responses to crime. Community policing encourages police to proactively solve community problems and address the factors that contribute to crime rather than how police respond to crime.
Though this transformation theoretically reflects the background of American policing and contributes to the reduction in crime, the transformation was often awkward, especially in the 1980s and '90s, when many departments saw it as diminishing their authority and opportunity to work independently. It required, fundamentally, a shift from police departments', particularly big-city police departments', seeing "law enforcement" as a mission to seeing it as a tool in public safety.
Problem Solving: The process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to develop and rigorously evaluate effective responses. Community policing requires police to become proficient in what is known as the SARA model of problem solving. Scanning: Identifying and prioritizing problems. Analysis: Researching what is known about the problem. Response: Developing solutions to bring about lasting reductions in the number and extent of problems. Assessment: Evaluating the success of the responses.[2] [1]
കേരള പോലീസ്
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Motto "മൃദു ഭാവെ, ദൃഢ കർമ്മ" Mridu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye
Agency overview
Formed : November 1st, 1956
Preceding agencies
* Cochin State Royal Police
* Royal Travancore Police
* Malabar Special Police- Madras Presidency
Employees 49,149
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of Kerala, India
Size 38863 km2 (15005 sq mi)
Population 31,841,374
Legal jurisdiction State of Kerala
General nature
* Law enforcement
* Civilian police
Operational structure
Overviewed by Home Office, Government of Kerala
Headquarters State Police Headquarters, Vellayambalam,. Thiruvananthapuram – 695-010
Polices 42,149
Ministerial Staffs 7,000
Elected officer responsible Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (Home Minister)
Agency executive Jacob Punnoose, Director General of Police-Kerala State (DGP)
Parent agency Home Office, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Kerala
Departments
12[show]
Law and Order (General Executive)
Crime Branch(CID)
Hi-Tech Crime & Cyber Support Cell
Special Branch (Intelligence and Operations)
Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau
Armed Police Battalions
State Crime Records Bureau
Kerala Police Academy
Forensic Science Laboratory
Motor Transport Wing
General Administration and Personnel
Police Finances Commission
Special Regiments
Specialized Polices
8[show]
Kerala Highway Police
Tourist Police
Kerala Railway Police
Coastal and Marine Police
Cyber Crime Cell
Traffic Police
Watch and Ward
Police Band
Vanitha (Women) Police
Facilities
Police Stations 525[1]
SUVs 1786
Heavy Police Vehicles 402
Patrol & Transport Cars 127
High Speed Marine Inceptors 25
Sniffer Dogs (Bomb and Narcotics)[2]s 30
Cavalry Horses (Mounted force)[3]s 30