Ethics for Police and Society
| Date | 01 July 2013 |
| Published date | 01 July 2013 |
| Author | Gopal Krishan Sanghaik |
| DOI | 10.1177/0019556120130324 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
ETHICS
FOR
POLICE
AND
SOCIETY
GOPAL KRISHAN SANGHAIK
The police is an important organ for the smooth functioning
of
any society. So it has been entrusted with vast discretionary
powers
for
using police force for maintaining law and order
when necessary. Police role has become more significant with
increasing crime and problem
of
law and
order.
However, the
sharp increase in cases
of
corruption, illicit operation, bribery
and extortion has damaged the police image and the distrust
against police forcf is quite alarming. The constant dealing
with public requires a deep understanding
of
human attitude
and behaviour which cannot be easily acquired. For laying
the foundation
of
a strong and pervasive culture
of
integrity,
the police force requires trainings based on moral values and
ethical awareness.
An
attempt has been made to suggest
effective methods
for
bringing attitudinal change
or
inner
transformations
of
police.
All that we are is the result
of
what we have thought. The mind is
everything. What we think, we become.
-Buddha
WHEN INDIA began her "tryst with destiny", our nation-builders and
constitution makers aspired to build up a just and egalitarian society through
peaceful, evolutionary democratic process. Needless to say, a just society
cannot be created without the edifice
of
an orderly society,
nor
can
democracy sustain and succeed without it. Sadly, the stark reality after 65
years
of
our freedom is that unlike the orderly democracies
of
the developed
countries, the world's largest democracy appears to be more chaotic and
turbulent.
ff
the state
of
crime and violence in contemporary Indian society
is any indication, we appear to be far away from a just and orderly society.
1
Maintenance
of
order in a society is a condition precedent for the
1Jaytilak Guba Roy and Satish Mishra, "Criminal Justice Administration in India:
Emerging Trends and Futuristic Introspection", Indian Journal
of
Public Administration,
43:3, July-September, 1997, p. 794.
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