Police Reforms
Police Reforms: Too Important to Neglect, Too Urgent to Delay

Resources

Articles

• There is more to Good Administration than Statistics by Shobha Sharma & Pushkar Raj,Dainik Bhaskar-New Delhi, 02 June 2008.
• Police reforms in Karnataka: Time for implementation by Ebba Martesson, Deccan Herald, 20 May 2008.
• How Many Encounter Specialist are There in Our Police? by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Dainik Bhaskar - New Delhi, 02 April 2008.
• Why this indifference towards police reforms by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Dainik Bhaskar - New Delhi, 03 March 2008.
• Too important to neglect, too urgent to delay by Pushkar Raj and Shobha Sharma, Kashmir Times, 28 February 2008.
• Illusion of police reforms - Punjab, Haryana and HP laws augur little change by Pushkar Raj and Shobha Sharma, The Tribune, 01 January 2008.
• Culture of encounters - Time to fix accountability on the police by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, The Tribune, 06 November 2007.
• Crime in Uniform by Pushkar Raj & Shobha Sharma, Jansatta, 06 November 2007.
• Controlling the Police- Models in the Commonwealth published by the International Police Executive Symposium in their Working Paper Series- October 2007.
• The Ujjai Shocker by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 09 September 2006.
• Policing the bribe by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 05 September 2007.
• Cases missing from police files by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 11 August 2007.
• Whose Police Is It? by Shobha Sharma, Indian Voter, August 2007.
• A Law to Legalise the Illegal by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 30 May 2006.
• Shuffling IAS, IPS officers like chess pawns by Swati Mehta, The Tribune, 30 April 2006.
• Draconian law a threat to civil liberties by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, Voice of Ambition, 10 April 2006.
• Draconian law a threat to civil liberties by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, The Tribune, 09 April 2006.
• Duplicity is the name of the game! by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, Sahara Time, 01 April 2006.
• Jessica Lall case: Need to reform the system by Mandeep Tiwana, The Tribune, 12 March 2006.
• The Forgotten Police Agenda by Mandeep Tiwana, Civil Society, Feb-Mar 2006.
• Bringing Democratic Policing to Rural India by Devika Prasad and Monika Saroha, Grassroots, February 2006.
• A Democratic Police Act for India by Devika Prasad, Combat Law, February 2006.
• Tasks before the Soli Sorabjee panel by Doel Mukerjee, The Tribune, 19 February 2006.
• Talk more for a modern police by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, Civil Society, February 2006.
• Shaping a Professional force by Mandeep Tiwana, Sahara Time, 04 February 2006.
• Holding the Police to Account by Swati Mehta, Sahara Time, 04 February 2006.
• Needed, appropriate political direction from govt by Devika Prasad, Sahara Time, 04 February 2006.
• People's Policing by Monika Saroha, Sahara Time, 04 February 2006.
• New Police Act must protect, not impede, freedom by Mandeep Tiwana, The Tribune, 11 December 2005.
• A secure tenure for district officers needed by G.P. Joshi, The Hindu, 16 October 2005.
• Cops Run Amok by Monika Saroha, Tehelka, 03 September 2005.
• An Open Letter to the Prime Minister by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 31 Aug 2005.
• Train cops on crowd control by Monika Saroha and Aditi Datta, The Tribune, 14 Aug 2005.
• CrPC Bill: Centre’s decision a setback for reforms by Monika Saroha and Aditi Datta, The Tribune, 25 July 2005.
• Crowd control or police out-of-control? by G.P. Joshi, Indian Express, 22 July 2005.
• A Secure Minimum Tenure for District Chiefs by G.P. Joshi, Unpublished, 22 July 2005.
• A Critique of the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2005 by Mandeep Tiwana, Quarterly Newsletter of the Centre for Democratic Development, Islamabad, Pakistan, June 2005.
• Reforming Police by Maja Daruwala and Doel Mukerjee, The Hindu, 26 June 2005.
• Allow no shortcuts in the law by GP Joshi, September 4, 2004.
• Encouraging law enforcers to be lawbreakers by Swati Mehta, August 31, 2004.
• ‘For the first time, I was in the presence of real terror’ by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, August 11, 2004.
• Justifying third degree by Dr. Doel Mukerjee, August 10, 2004.
• Torture of Iraqi Prisoners - G.P. Joshi - May 2004
• The world's most powerful army by GP Joshi, May 11, 2004.
• Transfer of Mumbai Police Chief - G.P. Joshi - February 2004
• Moral of the Story: Reform or Perish - G.P.Joshi - Indian Express, 07.12.2003
• What R.K. Sharma tells us - G.P. Joshi - Indian Express, 25.09.2002
• Can a law be more fake than this? - G.P. Joshi - Indian Express, 21.08.2002
• The murder of Stephen Lawrence - The Gujarat police can learn some lessons from this British case - G.P. Joshi - Indian Express, 03.06.2002
• In search of lost credibility - The carnage in Gujarat underlines the need for police reform - G.P. Joshi - Indian Express, 05.04.2002
• Threats to Democracy - Need for Rights-Based Approach to Crime and Poverty - G.P. Joshi - Statesman, 22.03.2002
• Police reforms - Union government should take the lead - G. P. Joshi - The Statesman, 17.01.2001
• The CVC Bill Undermining the Spirit of Law - G.P. Joshi - Times of India, 26.12.2000
• A Requiem for the NPC?- G.P. Joshi- Seminar- 483 - November 1999
• Will apex court’s scheme ensure CBI autonomy? - G.P. Joshi- Times of India, 18.03.1998
• Sectarian virus in the police force - G. P. Joshi - Hindustan Times, 12.11.1996
• The Central Govt & Crime Control - G.P. Joshi - The Hindustan Times, 12.04.1996
• Police & Politics Call For Freedom From Interference - G.P. Joshi - Statesman, 28.10.1995
• The Declining Standards In Public Life - G.P. Joshi - Indian Express, 14.10.1995
• Policing since Independence - G.P. Joshi - Pioneer, 01.10.1995
• Motivating the efficient Performance appraisal in government - G.P. Joshi - Times of India, 19.01.1983
• Police limitations in curbing crime - G. P. Joshi - Indian Express, 03.08.1981
• Police Brutality in Perspective - G. P. Joshi - The Times of India, 27.02.1981
• The Central Bureau of Investigation and its Credibility - G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• The Police and the Rule of Politics - G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• October 21- the Police Memorial Day - By G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• Police Brutality in South Africa - G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• Militarisation of the Indian Police - G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• Crime and its Fear - G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• National Human Rights Commission-Need for Review- G..P.Joshi (Unpublished)
• Recent Developments in Kerala Police - G.P.Joshi (Unpublished)

Workshop Reports

• Report of the Roundtable Conference on "Police that we want" (2005), New Delhi - Swati Mehta.
• Workshop report on Media on Police Reforms (2005), New Delhi - Vaishali Mishra
• Workshop report on "Police - Public Interface: Making It Happen" (2004), Mumbai - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• Workshop report on "Human Rights Sensitisation for Police Personnel" (2004), Chhattisgarh - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• A Report on "Training & Sensitisation on human rights for the upper subordinate police personnel" (2004), Chhattisgarh - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• A Report on "Policing - A Human Rights Perspective" (2004), New Delhi - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• Report of the Roundtable Conference on Police Reform (2003), Chennai - Mandeep Tiwana
• Report of the Roundtable Conference on Police Reform (2003), Trivandrum - Devika Prasad
• Report of the Roundtable Conference on Police Reform (2003), Joshua Auerbach, Sumit Baud
• Report of the Roundtable Conference on Police Reform (2002), New Delhi - Aravinda Kosaraju
• Workshop report on Police Reforms, Chhattisgarh (2002) - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• Report on the Madhya Pradesh Police Vidheyak, 2001 (2002) - K.V. Anuradha

Publications

• First Information Report (F.I.R) (2006), written by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and concept by Maja Daruwala, CHRI & Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Police Interrogation (2006), written by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and concept by Maja Daruwala, CHRI & Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Arrest & Detention (2006), written by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and concept by Maja Daruwala, CHRI & Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Receiving Bail (2006), written by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and concept by Maja Daruwala, CHRI & Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Legal Aid & Advice (2006), written by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and concept by Maja Daruwala, CHRI & Ministry of Home Affairs.
• The Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act 1989 (2006), written by Dr. Doel Mukerjee and concept by Maja Daruwala, CHRI & Ministry of Home Affairs.
• Killing Justice: Vigilantism In Nagpur (2005), Swati Mehta, Edited by Maja Daruwala, CHRI.
• Human Rights and Policing: Landmark Supreme Court Directives & National Human Rights Commission Guidelines (2005), Mandeep Tiwana, Edited by Maja Daruwala, CHRI.
• Police Reforms and You (2003) - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• Police Organisation in India (2002) - Some basic information
• The Police Act of 1861, Model Police Bill of the National Police Commission, the Madhya Pradesh Police Vidheyak, 2001 and the Police Acts of three Commonwealth Countries- A Comparative profile (2001), G.P. Joshi, CHRI.
• FIR and You (2001) - Pamphlet
• Arrest and Detention - Your Rights - Pamphlet
• Police Interrogation - Yours Rights - Pamphlet
• Your Right to Legal Aid - Pamphlet
• Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribes - Pamphlet

CHRI Research papers

• Policing in India: a Crisis of Confidence and Credibility -The Right to Information and its Implications for the Police (2006) - Tharron McIvor
  
• Independent Institutional Evaluation of Police Performance (2005) - Mandeep Tiwana
• Police Complaints Agencies in the Commonwealth (2005) - Swati Mehta
• Control & Governance of the Police: Commonwealth Innovations in Policy and Practice (2005) - Devika Prasad
• Summary Critique of the Kerala Police Performance and Accountability Commission Report (2005) - Mandeep Tiwana
• Police Reforms - Wait & Watch! (2005) - Dr. Doel Mukerjee & Aditi Datta
• Media and the Police: Legal Interaction (2005) - Tharron McIvor (*This paper was presented at the police media workshop held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on 29 August 2005)
• Guidelines for Police Officers on Making Arrests (2005) - Aravinda Kosaraju
• Standards and Procedure for Crowd Control (2005) - Mandeep Tiwana & Monika Saroha
• Police Act, 1861: Why we need to replace it? (2005) – Maja Daruwala, G.P. Joshi & Mandeep Tiwana
• Police Accountability in India - G.P. Joshi
• Police Reform Initiatives in India (2003) - Dr. Doel Mukerjee
• Police Practices: Obstructions To Poor People’s Access to Justice (2003) - G.P. Joshi
• The Government, the Police and the Community (2002) - A Comparative Analysis of Police Acts - G.P. Joshi
• The Padmanabhaiah Committee on Police Reforms - A Critical Analysis of Some Important Recommendations (2001), G.P. Joshi
• Some Important Recommendations of the (by G.P. Joshi):
  (i) National Police Commission
  (ii) Ribeiro Committee on Police Reforms and
  (iii) Padmanabhaiah Committee on Police Reforms (2001) ,CHRI
• The Story of the Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 1999 (2000), G.P. Joshi
• Police Brutality in India: A Media Scan (2000), G.P. Joshi
• Police Public Interface: A Research study (2000), G.P. Joshi
• CHRI Submission to the Ribeiro Committee on Police Reforms (1999), GP Joshi
• Ribeiro Committee Report on Police Reforms - A Critical Analysis (1999), G.P. Joshi

Other Resource Material

Police Accountability in the United Kingdom
Monitoring Police Custody as a Device for Accountability by Elrena Van Der Spuy, University of Cape Town, Institute of Criminology.
The Role of Ombuds Agencies in Police Accountability in the Commonwealth by Maria Canineu, CHRI.
Human Rights Commissions and Oversight of Police by Swati Mehta, CHRI.
Police Oversight by the Courts by Swati Mehta, CHRI.
Holding Police to Account for Misconduct: Police-Specific Complaints Agencies by Swati Mehta, CHRI.

Presentations

Why police accountability?, presentation given by Daniel Woods at a workshop on police accountability at the 2007 CIVICUS World Assembly in Glasgow, Scotland.

The role of civil society in police reform in Uganda, presentation given by Daniel Woods at an Idasa conference on policing in post-conflict Africa, in Pretoria, March 2006.

Monitoring Police Performance - International Perspectives Presented by Mandeep Tiwana at CHRI's National Roundtable on Police Reforms in New Delhi, India, December 2005. Access the powerpoint presentation here.

Independent Institutional Evaluation of Police Performance - Comparative Paper presented by Mandeep Tiwana at CHRI's National Roundtable on Police Reforms in New Delhi, India, December 2005.

Control and Governance of the Police presented by Devika Prasad at CHRI's National Roundtable on Police Reforms in New Delhi, India, December 2005. Access the powerpoint presentation here, and the paper here.

Complaints Agencies in the Commonwealth presented by Swati Mehta at CHRI's National Roundtable on Police Reforms in New Delhi, India, December 2005. Access the powerpoint presentation here, and the paper here.

Links

International

Compendium of Good Practices on Security Sector Reform

Home Office, UK

International Victimology Website

Police Assessment Resource Centre

South Asia Partnership Canada

South Asia Forum for Human Rights

Vera Institute of Justice

India

Indian Bureau of Police Research and Development

Ministry of Home Affairs - Government of India

National Crime Records Bureau

Police Accountability

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) National Police Academy, Hyderabad

Central Police, Security and Vigilance Organisations

Assam Rifles

Border Security Force

Central Bureau of Investigation

Central Industrial Security Force

Central Reserve Police Force

Central Vigilance Commission

Indo Tibetan Border Police Force

National Security Guard

Special Service Bureau

State and Union Territories' Police Forces:

Andaman & Nicobar (UT) Police

Andhra Pradesh Police

Assam Police

Chandigarh (UT) Police

Delhi Police

Goa Police

Haryana Police

Himachal Pradesh Police

Karnataka Police

Kerala Police

Pondicherry (UT) Police

Punjab Police

Rajasthan Police

Tamil Nadu Police

Tripura Police

Uttar Pradesh Police

Uttaranchal Police

Indian City Forces

Mumbai Police

Pune Police