LICEING THE 21ST CENTURY The police are the public and the public are the police - Robert peel When we talk about the criminal justice system the public at large plays a very important role right from the prevention to reporting to the investigation of the case. The criminal justice system cannot achieve its goal without the active participation of the general public. If we take a look at the ancient police setup in medivial and ancient india we come across that there were various provisions for the participation of the public working with the police. The word police, inspires confidence inspires a sense of truse, security, commitment, and public service. From a time immorial the police have been a very intrigal part of the our social life. Be it the gupta period or the shivajian era, or the dark times of the east india company. Police has been omni present in the social order. One can not overlook the importance of police in the peaceful wellbeing of the state. But with the change in the attitude of the state towords its citizens the roll of police has also changed. …show more content…
The crimes had become more sofesticated, more organized,more deceitful, and even more difficult to get hold of. The system of policeing that is followed in india is still very old and the changing world demands for a much effective system, that will be more focused on speedy investigation and justice to the victims. The world around us is changing and the morden police is required to bring in an equilibrium in the socity, but in doing so the police face a lot of difficulties be it reguarding the laws in force of the probpems of purgery various problems because of policical pressure or the obsoleteness of the police Act. This article aims to point out the various problems faced by