Urging the young police officers to become more tech savvy, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh called upon police organisations to collaborate with reputed institutes such as the IITs and IIMs for innovative solutions in technology and management. He said students from these institutes should be invited for internship every year so that constraints can be overcome and new technologies developed. The Home Minister was addressing the conference of young Superintendents of Police organised Bureau of Police Research & Development here.
“Based on your requirements, you can collaborate with various institutions for research and developing technological solutions and training,” said Singh. He reiterated that adoption of technology will spur indigenous manufacturing and cut imports. “We are dependent on import of arms and other advanced equipments to a large extent. We can focus on indigenous manufacturing of such advanced technologies in collaboration with specialized institutes keeping in mind the special features we require. Thus we will develop in-house capacity and reduce dependency on imports,” said Singh.
The Union Home Minister said the police forces are saddled dealing with complex crimes and criminals armed with automatic weaponry. “We should focus on monitoring and analysis of crimes and develop such methodologies and techniques that crime can be nipped in the bud. “Many agencies and organisations are trying to develop crime data analytics software. This will result in Predictive Policing, which will not only help check crimes but also keep tab on terrorist activities and Naxal attacks.