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Cops feign ignorance about human rights
IGNORANCE AMONG the cops is the biggest obstacle in effective implementation of human rights. This fact came out in a debate organised at Police Lines, where cops expressed seemingly their hesitant views probably because they were speaking in front their senior officials.
IGNORANCE AMONG the cops is the biggest obstacle in effective implementation of human rights. This fact came out in a debate organised at Police Lines, where cops expressed seemingly their hesitant views probably because they were speaking in front their senior officials.
District police have organised a seminar following instruction from the Human Rights Commission of India on the subject ‘Human rights and crime prevention’.
This was the first time when a debate was organised at the Police Line. The reason behind this programme was to raise awareness among the cops about human rights, said SP (rural) Ratanlal Srivastava.
Policemen came to participate in the debate looked confused about their knowledge on human rights or probably feeling uncomfortable while expressing their views in presence of their senior officials.
Only few of them were able to speak on the subject while others were not fully aware about the subject. One of them even accepted: “He knows that human right is good thing, but he don’t know about this very much.”
Those who have some knowledge about the subject said, “Implementing human right is key to prevent crime but the biggest hurdle is we know little about the human rights thus we get confused.”
“If we take human rights seriously and leave our old modus operandi to control the crime and dealing the criminals we would not only be able to control the crime but will also honour the Supreme Court judgment on DK Dasu case,” said Vimalkant Mishra, an S-I from Chakeri police station, while speaking in favor of the subject.
While those who opposed the subject said, “To implement the ruling of the Supreme Court on human rights is practically impossible. How can we take a accused without being handcuffed to the court, as there are always a possibility of incident, as many times we saw that miscreants managed to flee while they were not only handcuffed but also surrounded by the cops, said Bhuri Singh, S-I Sisamau police station, while he was giving examples of practical problems in implementing the human rights charter.
Only 17 participants took part in this debate. It appeared that only few were fully aware about the human rights as one debater accepted: “It is the time to give proper knowledge of human rights and its implementation to cops because human right has created fear among the cops.”
At the end of the debate, judges Narendra Srivastwa of UNI, AC Kapoor bureau chief Human Rights, Ratan Srivastwa (SP rural) and Sripati Mishra (SP crime) announced the name of the winners Trilokinath Pandey in favor of the subject and Sriprakash Dubey, who opposed the subject.
