There is a marked increase in cyber crimes and hi-tech crimes the world over. It is not that the conventional crime detecting system is obsolete, but that the criminals especially the well organized ones have gone high tech in order to be a few notches above the law enforcement authorities. There is significant danger to be seen here as the hi-tech gangs are carrying out their illegal and anti-social as well as terrorist activities with scant fear of any legal or police authorities.
The problem that many developing countries are facing is the wide gap seen between the training programs of the police department as stated in their old training modules and the actual need for tackling hi-tech crimes through a systematic web based model.True, this is mostly found in the developing world and the underdeveloped world. However, in India with its extraordinary achievements in the field of IT this has gone some marked changes and the police departments within the country are much better off than their peers elsewhere.Yet a lot remains to be done as far as the policing system is concerned. Super Kerala Police may not be super enough if it doesn't spruce up its activities and becomes computer savvy.
A Newer Comprehensive Manual For Cyber Crimes
Comprehensive Police Manual is of utmost importance to outline the ways and means of the law enforcement authorities to tackle all sorts of crime including modern ones where the modus operandi of the criminals have changed significantly than what it was a generation ago. This accounts for the inability of the police to implement a systematic course of action and the various operational techniques that is to be adopted by the police in ensnaring the groups of criminals, terrorists and other nefarious elements who would if allowed to proliferate the scene would make hell for all those who wish to live in peace. Thus, a Police Manual have been compiled taking due consideration of the various aspects of crimes, the methods to tackle them and above all a training guide for new recruits in the police departments.
All states in India do have some kind of manual or the other, but Kerala is a few notch above others in this particular respect. Yet, even so the manual is quite old and aging and that there is urgent need for the same to undergo a re- editing with all salient points of the past taken into consideration and of course a few more points to be added due to the present ways crime has branched out and how the same could be tackled. Exemplary Kerala Police Training Module of 1969 which is still being continued as the backbone of policing in the state has to either to be rewritten or give way to a more comprehensive module with modern aspects as well. This is what some reports have pointed out and this needs to be addressed quite differently as all modern criminal resort to the computer and the internet in some way or the other.
Modern Crimes are Computer based
Already the general masses are concerned about the growing incidence of terrorism and other modern crimes in many parts of India and the time for a better and more potent package of such redress should be forthcoming from the police authorities. The Kerala police has been in the forefront of making the force as a successful institution, but a lot needs to be done in the areas of cyber crimes and related crimes as most modern criminals nowadays make the computed their base for planning such attacks.
It is therefore suggested that instead of revamping the old Kerala Training Module it would be better if the authorities or the top police officers made a second manual that gives a comprehensive look at the ways and means of the modern crimes and tackling them.
Continuous Updates needed
Unlike the old manual the new data based information compiled preferably in secured data base centers of the various police departments should look at the modern crimes in a new light altogether. This means that there must be a continuous updates of information and training through the system of intranet and internet whereby the modern force can get to understand the real operation tactics of the modern criminals. Already the developed countries have almost or in totality taken the various digital applications and computerization to tackle modern crimes and terrorism. Applications like the GPS (Global Positioning System), connecting the whole of policing system through intranet and other applications have become a mandatory practice in the police departments of these countries. Crime analysis and collecting circumstantial evidence has itself taken a great leap with the help of the latest technologies and inbuilt forensic laboratories. Therefore, it is high time that the Indian Police system should undergo the level of sophistication needed to combat modern crimes and the modern mindsets of the criminals.
SMART Policing
Therefore, this new digital manual could be the modern way of putting the Kerala Police in a new light. The manual wouldn't be a static record that like its predecessor Old Manual, but should be continually updated as when there is different angles of crimes being brought to light. This is because the changing patterns of crime is so varied that it necessitates the digital manual to be made accordingly. Obsolete Kerala Police Department would be a fact if this is not taken into consideration. Smart Kerala Policing could start with from Thiruvanthapuram and could be covered slowly to encompass all areas of the state where the police departments have their District Head Quarters. Interpol ways and means could be modified and implemented in areas where such practices in modern policing is possible. Of course, there can be better suggestions forthcoming from the young recruits and especially those who are computer savvy. Better still would be to instill a compulsory practice in all police stations so that officers of all ranks have easy access to the computer.Stunned Kerala Police District Headquarters of Thrissur, Kochi and Kozhikode before a more formidable criminal gang that has Hi- tech ways and means may not be a good news for its educated populace.
The problem that many developing countries are facing is the wide gap seen between the training programs of the police department as stated in their old training modules and the actual need for tackling hi-tech crimes through a systematic web based model.True, this is mostly found in the developing world and the underdeveloped world. However, in India with its extraordinary achievements in the field of IT this has gone some marked changes and the police departments within the country are much better off than their peers elsewhere.Yet a lot remains to be done as far as the policing system is concerned. Super Kerala Police may not be super enough if it doesn't spruce up its activities and becomes computer savvy.
A Newer Comprehensive Manual For Cyber Crimes
Comprehensive Police Manual is of utmost importance to outline the ways and means of the law enforcement authorities to tackle all sorts of crime including modern ones where the modus operandi of the criminals have changed significantly than what it was a generation ago. This accounts for the inability of the police to implement a systematic course of action and the various operational techniques that is to be adopted by the police in ensnaring the groups of criminals, terrorists and other nefarious elements who would if allowed to proliferate the scene would make hell for all those who wish to live in peace. Thus, a Police Manual have been compiled taking due consideration of the various aspects of crimes, the methods to tackle them and above all a training guide for new recruits in the police departments.
All states in India do have some kind of manual or the other, but Kerala is a few notch above others in this particular respect. Yet, even so the manual is quite old and aging and that there is urgent need for the same to undergo a re- editing with all salient points of the past taken into consideration and of course a few more points to be added due to the present ways crime has branched out and how the same could be tackled. Exemplary Kerala Police Training Module of 1969 which is still being continued as the backbone of policing in the state has to either to be rewritten or give way to a more comprehensive module with modern aspects as well. This is what some reports have pointed out and this needs to be addressed quite differently as all modern criminal resort to the computer and the internet in some way or the other.
Modern Crimes are Computer based
Already the general masses are concerned about the growing incidence of terrorism and other modern crimes in many parts of India and the time for a better and more potent package of such redress should be forthcoming from the police authorities. The Kerala police has been in the forefront of making the force as a successful institution, but a lot needs to be done in the areas of cyber crimes and related crimes as most modern criminals nowadays make the computed their base for planning such attacks.
It is therefore suggested that instead of revamping the old Kerala Training Module it would be better if the authorities or the top police officers made a second manual that gives a comprehensive look at the ways and means of the modern crimes and tackling them.
Continuous Updates needed
Unlike the old manual the new data based information compiled preferably in secured data base centers of the various police departments should look at the modern crimes in a new light altogether. This means that there must be a continuous updates of information and training through the system of intranet and internet whereby the modern force can get to understand the real operation tactics of the modern criminals. Already the developed countries have almost or in totality taken the various digital applications and computerization to tackle modern crimes and terrorism. Applications like the GPS (Global Positioning System), connecting the whole of policing system through intranet and other applications have become a mandatory practice in the police departments of these countries. Crime analysis and collecting circumstantial evidence has itself taken a great leap with the help of the latest technologies and inbuilt forensic laboratories. Therefore, it is high time that the Indian Police system should undergo the level of sophistication needed to combat modern crimes and the modern mindsets of the criminals.
SMART Policing
Therefore, this new digital manual could be the modern way of putting the Kerala Police in a new light. The manual wouldn't be a static record that like its predecessor Old Manual, but should be continually updated as when there is different angles of crimes being brought to light. This is because the changing patterns of crime is so varied that it necessitates the digital manual to be made accordingly. Obsolete Kerala Police Department would be a fact if this is not taken into consideration. Smart Kerala Policing could start with from Thiruvanthapuram and could be covered slowly to encompass all areas of the state where the police departments have their District Head Quarters. Interpol ways and means could be modified and implemented in areas where such practices in modern policing is possible. Of course, there can be better suggestions forthcoming from the young recruits and especially those who are computer savvy. Better still would be to instill a compulsory practice in all police stations so that officers of all ranks have easy access to the computer.Stunned Kerala Police District Headquarters of Thrissur, Kochi and Kozhikode before a more formidable criminal gang that has Hi- tech ways and means may not be a good news for its educated populace.
