DMPQ: Police must develop smart tactics to address the changing nature of violence. Why police is in the need of the reforms? ( Governance/polity)

Reasons:

• Low police officials to population ratio
• Insensitivity of police towards weaker sections.
• Women and Dalits are poorly represented in the police personnel.
• Changing dynamics of crime eg cyber-crime, digital frauds.
• Corruption in the police system.
• Lack of civilian trust.
• Politicization and allegiance towards ruling party.
• Lack of technological capabilities necessary to perform quality investigations.
• Police still work under the mandate of archai law of police act 1861.
• Unavialbility of good prosecutor.