Why I Am Not A Policeman?

Policeman is not a word; it is a paragraph. Policing is not a government work, but is a vocation. But, often he does not understand it. Ignorance is not knowledge; yet there are ignorant policeman. Police job calls for commitment, dedication, diving grace and an upright conscience. These alone make the police the most graceful and extremely wanted service in a democracy. Policing with people’s participation in a human rights friendly way makes the job meaningful during the millennium. Why I am not a Policeman? - the author deals with this question in the first chapter with the same openness, sincerity and penetrating analysis for which his other works have been famous. The book has chapters on control of crimes, police investigation, law and order, police-people relationship, police ethics and concludes again with another question. ‘Why I am a Policemen? His personality traits and honesty in approach makes the book lofty and thought-provoking. He is not a uniformed policeman, but certainly counted as one among them in every sense. He has reasoned opposition to many things police have been doing and he has been expressing them in his discussions, discourses, lectures, writings and private talks, whether they were said as early as 1976 when he joined the police department or as late as 2000 A.D. when we steps into the third millennium. ‘Bleassed are those who reject my ideas, for they understand me better’-he said thus once in this talk and surely, those who reject his ideas too will find this book an invigorating experience to know the police in close quarters, a masterly treatment of many issues in Indian policing and an unforgettable pleasure to read and enrich. Police officers, jurists, students of criminology, police management, public administration, judges, social workers, policy makers, police trainers and anybody who is interested in a new world order and justice administration will enjoy reading the book authored by an iconoclast. Chapter 1: Why I am not a Policeman?, Chapter 2: Police and Control of Crimes: Can They?, Chapter 3: Police Investigation of Crimes: What I Feel?, Chapter 4: Law and Order: What I do not Understand?, Chapter 5: Police-People Relation: What is it?, Chapter 6: Police Ethics: What does it Mean?, Chapter 7: Life and Police Service: What I Hear and See?, Chapter 8: Why I am a Policeman?.