Compendium of Best Practices in Smart Policing

In the recent past, police and other law enforcement agencies in India have made concrete efforts in eliminating the security challenges that we are confronted with. This achievement is evident in form of the confidence within state and city administrations in ensuring law & order situation during festivals, mega shows and global events. 
 

The words of Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bharat, Shri Narendra Modi, regarding SMART policing, points to the fact that the country is moving towards modern and innovative policing. The Indian police forces have introduced new innovations in policing to overcome challenges, and to fulfil the aspirations of the citizen for better security. Thus, the best practices adopted by the police forces need recognition, appreciation, dissemination and replication. 
 

FICCI instituted the first ever SMART Policing Awards in 2016, with the objective to help government machinery and police departments in learning from the experiences of other states and for possible adoption of the best practices to further enhance policing initiatives. These awards have created healthy competition among state police depts./CAPFs for enhancing capabilities and leveraging technology to the best extant for realising the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of SMART Policing.
 

In its 8th edition, FICCI ‘Compendium of Best Practices in SMART Policing’ include 22 select initiatives to provide government, police departments, related institutions and think tanks a ready reference document on the success stories of SMART policing in India. I am thankful to the member of the Jury Mr GK Pillai, Ms Manjari Jaruhar, Mr Alok Bansal and Mr. Arun Kumar, for their efforts, time, and support in selecting the winning entries that are documented in this compendium.