I agree with the comments of Ravish Kumar of Hyderabad. Same police force was there earlier also when crime reached to its peak. Let us watch when even the lowest policeman becomes honest in catching main culprits (of any rank and file) without fear and help citizens (not harass) then we can say that the police has improved. However, police is doing good job today and it shows the sign of improvement.

Abduction business became more prominent since last 10 years in Bihar and spread to all the states. It appears that the strong desire to acquire wealth in a quickest possible time by hook or by crook by those who can not progress through merit & hard labour, has led to such crimes.

Bihar police has awaken and doing good job now. They should also look back and recall the functioning of Dr Ajay Kumar, IPS who had controlled the crime at Jamshedpur and had all praise of the people in general. Many other names were also in highlight like Gautam, Kunal etc. in Bihar police. Without fear nothing can be improved. Even child can't study without some kind of fear from parents/teachers.

Recent killing of 2 engineers in Madhepura during road construction must be taken up seriously. It seems similar forces who killed intelligent and honest engineer Satyendra Dubey, are still active. It is high time such elements are eliminated as quickly as possible otherwise it is difficult to bring improvement in Bihar. Also, effort must be accelerated to make more and more authorities honest and sincere. - T.S.P. Sinha - Jan. 24, 2007

Sirs: I cannot comment about the past performance of the IPS. I can, however, tell you that there is a new wave of professionalism which is developing in The IPS. I am a Retired Dep. Supt. Chief of Police and Retired Prison Administrator from the State Dep. of Correction here in the USA with 32 years experience. I can tell you that there is a new breed of highly trained and dedicated professionals. I have met a number of them from your city and from your State. Put the past behind and give these police officers the support that they need to do the job at hand. If you do so you will be rewarded. They need all the citizens to walk with them. - Ron Harrison, Syracuse, New York, USA - Jan. 24, 2007

PS (I really look forward each day in reading your news paper online. It gives me a feeling of connecting with my new found friends.)

Mr Harrison is right. We from Bihar have a strange attitude towards praise. Patna Police has raised it level quite a few notches over the last few months. However, like true Biharis, we are shy of praising them.

I was in Patna last week for the Global Meet. I was really impressed by the effective and unobtrusive security at the S. K. Memorial Hall where the President of India inaugurated the meet. It is amazing how they are managing with very limited resources and need our support and encouragement in every way. - Thakur Vikas Sinha, Powai, Mumbai - Jan. 25, 2007

Very true. We want every system and person to be zero fail, except ourselves. But imperfect people like us constitute the systems. No administration or police force can reach one hundred percent of everybody's expectations. Indian police force draws it's lower level people from a comparatively poor strata of the society. They possess the very basic degrees and are not highly qualified. Even in the force this level does not receive much professional training or is not well equipped, by any standards. Also, this is the level, we have to deal with most often on the roads. The impression this interface level leaves is sometimes not very impressive.

However, we have to realize that the senior people in the police force have to get results from this level. Considering the constraints and the odds of a massive population to police, we must keep our expectation at realistic levels. Even we, with all our education and training, fail at times. Police force is no different.

A good job must be appreciated. Appreciation is the fuel that encourages people to behave in a desirable manner. If we are always critical we end up discouraging the people who do good. They stop doing good and we have more to complain about. - Rajesh - Jan. 27, 2007

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