More Police Stations Useless If Attitude Does Not Change
As I browsed through the Goan news papers today, I just could not help but notice our honourable Home Minister's statement "Government to open more police stations in coastal areas," prominent on all the papers, should Goan feel secure and relieved ? I am by no means a pessimist but with all the happenings in the last decade and more so in the last two years in Goa, this statement has got me more worried than relived. The record and the reputation of the Goa police, does not in any way draw confidence in the people at large, for the fact there have been sagas after sagas implicating the guardians of our law and order machinery of crimes and abetting criminals. In the last decade or so, I have not heard anyone in Goa say, thank God the Goa police are here and they will do the needful, on the contrary people have been cursing and accusing the Goa police of malice, nepotism, corruption and above all of being a disgrace to their holy and sacred profession. It is said that "if the general of the army is an imbecile what can one expect of the army ?" Our Home minister himself has been out of sorts in trying to explain the presence of large scale drugs, or the disappearance of drugs from police custody, nor the presence or the Hudini act of Atala and some known terrorists, nor the ever escalating crimes and murders. Goans have lost all faith in our Home Department and it is high time the Home Minister was shown the door. The Goa Police under the trivial leadership of the Home Minister, have been accused of murders in custodial deaths, participating and abetting in gambling and "matka", atrocities against the mines affected people, threatening law abiding citizens on the here say of politicians and anti social elements, taking advantage of prostitutes and forcing them to satisfy their animal rage, even in moving vehicles for free and circulating the all conquering carnal video, refusing to entertain FIR's against politicians and their henchmen, drunk on duty, extortion from hoodlums, drug lords and also from young survivors of tragedies and threatening them with dire consequences, intentionally or unintentionally goofing up investigations and reports, as a result of which hard core criminals go scot-free and any violation of the laws, however serious they may be are overlooked by greasing palms and not forgetting the latest escapade of the distribution of fake currency notes and these are just a few credentials and attainments of our renowned Goa police. The Goa police instead of being a source of security to Goans are become a source of intimidation and terror at the behest of Politicians and criminals. Instead of upholding the law and protecting the people and being of service to them, they are for the service of only politicians, goons and themselves and promote and uphold the law, to serve only the political and criminal masters with grit for personal glory, this is the new essence of the Goa police which reverberates and resonates in all directions. The apathy of the Goa police is evident as crime rate is soaring and conviction rate of the guilty is negligible if not abysmal. The Scarlet case, the swords case, the bomb case, the Moti Dongar violence case, are all waylaid and rotting, in their respective files. Thefts, heists and murders a galore even in broad day light and smuggling thrives. What on earth are our men in uniform doing ? With the limited number of police stations, Goans have been having umpteen problems and harassment from our law enforcement agencies and with more police stations things could get only worse, more greedy men in uniform to bribe and more custodial deaths of innocent people, more drug peddlers, more fake currency distributors, more prostitute hustlers, more harassment to people objecting to mega housing, more support for miners and their muscle power, even more help for our arrogant politicians and criminals and surely lot more grain flowing into the pockets of the men in uniform and above all more burden on the exchequer to support their corrupt orgies. More police stations will be useless and will not guarantee effective, efficient and incorruptible service from the men in uniform if attitude is not changed but what is required to make a sustainable change is, a department of committed, honest, incorruptible and dedicated personnel backed by the equally committed, honest, incorruptible and dedicated bureaucrats. Until then an increased and enforced police force or thousand more police stations will do no good nor serve the purpose. During our younger days we were taught that the policemen was our friend, who helped people in difficulties and punished the bad people, it was true then but today what should we tell our children ? That they are drug peddlers, blackmailers, gamblers, alcoholics, fake money distributors, that take innocent people to jail and sometimes kill them, that they force people to do despicable things to and for them, if not, frame them for even murder, shouldn't we tell our children to stay away from the police as they are no more our friends ? What should we tell our children Mr. IGP, DGP and the Home Minister ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes ##################################################################################### The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. 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