FICCI SMART Policing awards recognizes islands of excellence across the country: Prakash Singh, Chairman, Indian Police Foundation

Mar 20, 2021

• Need to institutionalize Best Practices in Policing

NEW DELHI, 20 March 2021: Mr Prakash Singh, Chairman, Indian Police Foundation, and Former DG BSF, DGP UP & Assam today said that the industry has been playing its role in not only promoting good practises of the police but feeding the cause of police reforms.

Addressing the FICCI SMART Policing Awards 2020, Mr Singh said, "What is really required in this context is that some of these changes get institutionalised. A mechanism should be developed to make these changes permanent and get the schemes replicated in other parts of the country," he said.

Mr Singh further noted that multipronged attempts to bring about improvements in police will go a long way in improving the public perception of the police force. "When we talk of general improvement in police, it goes much ahead of the Supreme Court mandated reforms. We need to pool in our resources and have an apex body to pursue specific agenda. I have always had a robust optimism about the future of Indian police. There are areas where we will continue to improve and that will bring about a change in public perception towards the police," he added.

During the pandemic, said Mr Singh, popularity of the Indian police took a quantum jump. "Even the Hon'ble Prime Minister recognised the efforts of the police and spoke about the sensitive side of police force during the pandemic. Every police officer went out of his way and call of duty to extend humanitarian services to people in distress," he said.

Speaking about the FICCI SMART Policing awards, Mr Singh said that we have several islands of excellence in different parts of the country and FICCI acknowledging those initiatives is encouraging for the Internal Security Forces. "The police across the country are alive and sensitive to the needs of improved policing and everyone is contributing in their own way," he said.

The FICCI Compendium on Best Practices in SMART Policing 2020 was released at the event today.

Mr GK Pillai, Advisor, FICCI Homeland Security Committee & Former Union Home Secretary, Government of India said that the police force needs to be appreciated for the extent of work they do. "The wide range of award categories, from anti- insurgency to child safety, crime investigation and prosecution to cybercrime management, as well as disaster response management, elderly care, human trafficking, among others, give us an idea of the nature of jobs of the police officers. There is a tremendous amount of initiative shown by the officers at the local and state-level," he said. Mr Pillai added that the compendium released today is a compilation of the best practises that can be adapted in other regions as well.

Mr Rahul Chaudhry, Chair, FICCI Homeland Security Committee Principal & CMD, GTM Consulting said that the FICCI SMART Policing Awards recognises the police force as frontline warriors and is about sharing best practices.

Mr Dilip Chenoy, Secretary General, FICCI said that we have trust and confidence on the police force and together we want to work with the police force across the country to enhance this trust and confidence. Mr Chenoy further added that internal security is all about risk perception and risk management. "We are a market economy, and we are trying to attract people from all over the world. We have found that the state of law and order is directly proportional to the investments in a particular state or city," he added.

He also noted that security is a big business opportunity. Private sector around the world can benefit and contribute towards it. "India has the opportunity to be a leader in this space globally," he further added.

Mr Chenoy, on behalf of FICCI, the industry, and their families, thanked the members and families of the police force across the country for their dedicated service during the last year.

The jury for the SMART Policing Awards comprised of Mr GK Pillai, Advisor, FICCI Homeland Security Committee & Former Union Home Secretary, Govt of India; Ms Manjari Jaruhar, Advisor, FICCI Committee on Private Security Industry and Former Special DG, CISF, Govt of India; Mr Alok Bansal, Director, India Foundation; and Dr Sushma Yadav, Professor of Public Policy & Governance, Indian Institute of Public Administration.

The Compendium of Best Practices in SMART Policing is attached for your reference.

List of Awardees:

	Category	Presented to	Initiative
	Anti-Insurgency	MAHARASHTRA POLICE	Mava Police Station, Mava Dnyan Mandir
	Child Safety	KERALA POLICE	Counter Child Sexual Exploitation Centre
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Child Safety	CHHATISGARH POLICE	Masoom Bachpan
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Child Safety	TAMIL NADU POLICE	Thozhi
	Community Policing	ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE	Cyber Mithra
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Community Policing	CHANDIGARH POLICE	SAHYOG-Skill Development Programme Under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Community Policing	ARUNACHAL PRADESH POLICE	Anti-Drug Squad
	Crime Investigation & Prosecution	UTTAR PRADESH POLICE	COP TALK
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Crime Investigation & Prosecution	MAHARASHTRA STATE POLICE	I-Bike
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Crime Investigation & Prosecution	ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE	Court Blaze
	Cyber Crime Management	NCRB	National Cybercrime Training Centre (NCTC)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Cyber Crime Management	RPF - MAHARASHTRA	Cyber Crime Management Over Indian Railways
	Disaster Response and Management	TAMIL NADU POLICE	Garuda-108 & CoBuddy
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Disaster Response and Management	SDRF - UTTARAKHAND	Jaldoot Flood and Deep Diving Team
	Elderly Safety	MADHYA PRADESH POLICE	Senior Citizen Police Panchayat
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Elderly Safety	DELHI POLICE	घंटी बजाओ पुलिस बुलाओ
	Emergency Response	UTTARAKHAND POLICE	Emergency Response
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Emergency Response	KERALA POLICE	Emergency Response Support System
	Human Trafficking	ASSAM POLICE	Anti-Human Trafficking
	Prison Reforms	UTTAR PRADESH PRISON DEPARTMENT	JARVIS: AI Powered Video Surveillance & Monitoring of Prison
	Road Safety & Traffic Management	CHHATTISGARH POLICE	Har Head Helmet
	Smart Police Station	ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE	Disha Police Station
	Surveillance & Monitoring	CRPF - JAMMU & KASHMIR	RFID Project During Shri Amarnathji Yatra
	Women Safety	MAHARASHTRA STATE POLICE	Abhinna
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Women Safety	RAJASTHAN POLICE	Nirbhaya Squad
	Training & Capacity Building	CRPF - HARYANA	Arma' शस्त्र शक्ति
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Training & Capacity Building	BIHAR POLICE	Training and Capacity Building
	Other Policing Initiative	NCRB	Two Central Citizen Services-'Missing Person Search' & 'Generate Vehicle NOC' on National Data Centre
SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Other Policing Initiative	ODHISA POLICE	Surabhi Milk Parlour (Mainstreaming Transgender)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD		CRPF	Outstanding Initiatives for Community Policing
SPECIAL JURY AWARD		ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE	Smart Innovating Policing