The police & fake encounters - Tip of the iceberg
The Dynamics of Police encounters - Part III After the recent police encounter in TamilNadu, furious debates are happening in every media channel; in some of which I also participated. Instead of analysing this specific encounter and getting into shallow arguments, I want to talk on the larger aspects like - How does the public view Police? The ills of Indian police How equipped / skilled are our police? Infrastructure & Training Why encounters happen? What the public wants and how it can be realized? How does the public view police? Sheep dog and wolf analogy - According to Geoff Thompson , Police are the 'Sheep dog'. which protects the 'Innocent herd of Sheep". The criminal is akin to the "Wolf" When there is no threat; the sheep hate the presence of the ...