The usual slip of tongue of the Home Minister is not unexpected but his statement may lead one to believe that the State Government is looking for other ways to shift blame instead of strictly enforcing the rule of law by its police force. ‘Community Policing’ would appear to be a very clever way of speaking with the foot in the mouth shifting the responsibility of policing the state while spending thousand of crores annually to maintain the regular police force to do the same function.However, if this should be the policy then the Home Minister should also announce to the public that similar amount if not more would be granted to the community and the Village Council to do the community policing. This will also mean that the state police function will be reduced to only ceremonial duties such as VIP bodyguard, escort, house guards, guarding check gates etc.
Admitted that Dimapur is the hot bed of all crimes such as murders, extortions, kidnapping, robbery, rapes etc. but it cannot be denied that some of these activities are taking place in the name of National Workers .It would be therefore be the proper way for National Workers to dissociate themselves from such activities and not the Home Minister to apologise on anybody’s behalf. The Home Minister’s view of community policing seem to be based on the assumption that all the crimes are committed by colony people and advocating that more colonies will be better to detect them. This is far from the truth for everybody knows that most of the criminals are unknown miscreants well-armed with sophisticated weapons and moving freely in the city in cars and bikes. Therefore, it is pre-postereous to suggest that the public will be able to detect and control crimes in the city with bare hands or even with daos and sticks while the well-armed police are confined to other duties. Rest of his views need not be analysed here as it would serve no purpose. Sufficient to say that there is no way for the Government to shift blames to the public or abdicate its responsibility however popular and high sounding its justification may be. It should be understood that the Home Ministry function as the brain and think-tank of the Government and if this is sick the whole body will suffer. It is the earnest desire of the people of the state to see that no part of this vital organ suffers from any disability due to slip of tongue or foot in the mouth diseases.
In view of the above, the question is whether the Government will have the will to enforce the law by its designated authority or allow its policy to flow the water way of least resistance.
Admitted that Dimapur is the hot bed of all crimes such as murders, extortions, kidnapping, robbery, rapes etc. but it cannot be denied that some of these activities are taking place in the name of National Workers .It would be therefore be the proper way for National Workers to dissociate themselves from such activities and not the Home Minister to apologise on anybody’s behalf. The Home Minister’s view of community policing seem to be based on the assumption that all the crimes are committed by colony people and advocating that more colonies will be better to detect them. This is far from the truth for everybody knows that most of the criminals are unknown miscreants well-armed with sophisticated weapons and moving freely in the city in cars and bikes. Therefore, it is pre-postereous to suggest that the public will be able to detect and control crimes in the city with bare hands or even with daos and sticks while the well-armed police are confined to other duties. Rest of his views need not be analysed here as it would serve no purpose. Sufficient to say that there is no way for the Government to shift blames to the public or abdicate its responsibility however popular and high sounding its justification may be. It should be understood that the Home Ministry function as the brain and think-tank of the Government and if this is sick the whole body will suffer. It is the earnest desire of the people of the state to see that no part of this vital organ suffers from any disability due to slip of tongue or foot in the mouth diseases.
In view of the above, the question is whether the Government will have the will to enforce the law by its designated authority or allow its policy to flow the water way of least resistance.
