Amit Shah and PM Modi will speak at a 3-day gathering of police chiefs in Delhi.
According to a government official, the meeting will be attended by some 350 of the nation’s top police personnel, including director generals and inspector generals.
Beginning on Friday, chiefs of all state police forces and paramilitary organisations will gather here for a three-day meeting with a focus on border threats, cyber security, and the fight against narcotics, according to officials.
At the annual gathering, which is also anticipated to cover the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, border control, and maritime security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will speak.
According to a government official, the meeting will be attended by some 350 of the nation’s top police personnel, including director generals and inspector generals.
Other topics that could be discussed include the northeast insurgency, threats from Khalistani radicals, risks to the economy, cryptocurrency, Maoist violence, and dangers.
The yearly gathering was held there from 2007 until 2013.
When the Narendra Modi administration took office the following year, it was decided to move the event, which was put on by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Intelligence Bureau, outside of the nation’s capital.
As a result, it was hosted in Guwahati in 2014, Rann of Kutch in 2015, Hyderabad’s National Police Academy in 2016, Tekanpur’s BSF academy in 2017, Pune in 2019, almost throughout the Covid epidemic in 2020, and Lucknow in hybrid format in 2021. Contrary to the conference’s previous location, Vigyan Bhavan, this time it is taking place at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi’s Pusa.
With an emphasis on enhancing policing in service of people, more business sessions and themes have been held, according to another official.
Before 2014, discussions tended to be limited to issues of national security. According to the official, since 2014, these conferences have focused on both national security and fundamental policing concerns, such as crime prevention and detection, community policing, law and order, enhancing public perception of the police, etc. The conference used to be focused on Delhi, with officers gathering solely for the meeting. Since 2014, staying in the same location for two to three days has helped officials from various cadres and organisations feel more united.
According to the source, direct communication between the top brass of the police and the head of state led to a convergence of opinions on the country’s most pressing problems and the emergence of workable recommendations.
The topics have been chosen in recent years after extensive consultations with the senior echelons of the police department. Following selection, DG committees are subjected to a number of interactions on presentations in an effort to promote involvement and absorb suggestions from the field and from younger officers.
As a result, all presentations are now comprehensive, content-heavy, and include a list of compelling suggestions that can be put into practise.
The first business session, which is attended by the prime minister and the home minister, is usually devoted to a thorough follow-up of previous conferences’ proposals. This practise started in 2015.
The conference secretariat, overseen by the Intelligence Bureau, keeps careful track on recommendations with the assistance of nodal officers from the states.
The country’s policing has improved as a result of decisions made at recent conferences. These decisions included raising the bar for effective policing in both urban and rural areas and improving modern policing techniques based on smart criteria.