Assam Police ranks 3rd in IPF Smart Policing Survey-2021

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: Assam police has ranked third in the "IPF SMART Policing Survey 2021" conducted in 29 states and union territories of the country. The Indian Police Foundation (IPF) on Thursday released its survey report that aims to gauge public perceptions about the quality of policing in India and the level of public trust in the police. In the survey, Andhra Pradesh (8.11), Telangana (8.10), Assam (7.89), Kerala (7.53), and Sikkim (7.18) emerged as the top

five states. On the other hand, the five states that featured at the bottom of the list were Punjab (6.07), Jharkhand (6.07), Chhattisgarh (5.93), Uttar Pradesh (5.81), and Bihar (5.74). Experts from various Institutions of repute including IIT, Kanpur and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai were involved in the survey. IPF designed the survey questionnaire around 10 areas of SMART policing, comprising six indicators of competence, three indicators of values and one on public trust. The SMART Scores are set on a scale of 1 to 10 and are indicative of the levels of citizen satisfaction, a score of 10 being the highest level of satisfaction.

Expressing his appreciation to each member of Assam police, Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said, "It is heartening to mention that Assam Police has secured 3rd place in the country in important individual parameters like police sensitivity, strictness and good behaviour, accessibility, police responsiveness, helpful and friendly policing, fair, unbiased and lawful policing and police accountability. This encouraging outcome indicates the high level of citizen's satisfaction and trust reposed by them in Assam Police. However, there is no room for complacency and we have to go a long way".

He added, "The Assam police is committed under the visionary leadership of honourable Chief Minister, to transform itself as a force dedicated to providing reliable, accessible, responsive, technology-driven and trained to police services to the people, a police force that is value-

driven, will promote integrity, set standards of conduct, make efforts to reduce corruption, ensure that police discharge their duties with fairness and impartiality and build appropriate accountability mechanisms. We look forward to continued support and cooperation from citizens in this regard."

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