Urgent need to transform public perception of police: PM Modi

Addressing the apical constabulary brass of the state connected Sunday (November 30, 2025), Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed the value of establishing mechanisms for the regular monitoring of banned outfits, ensuring the holistic improvement of areas freed from Left Wing Extremism, and adopting innovative models to fortify coastal security.

Mr. Modi besides emphasised the “urgent request to alteration nationalist cognition of the police, peculiarly among the youth, by enhancing professionalism, sensitivity, and responsiveness.” He was speaking astatine the 60th All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police being held successful Raipur, with the taxable of ‘Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions’.

The Prime Minister underscored the request for stronger preparedness and coordination, urging constabulary chiefs to reenforce mechanisms for effectual catastrophe absorption covering cyclones, floods, and different earthy emergencies, including the ongoing concern of Cyclone Ditwah. He emphasised that proactive planning, real-time coordination, punctual response, and a whole-of-government attack are indispensable to safeguard lives and guarantee minimal disruption during specified events, a authorities connection said.

Holistic approach

Mr. Modi emphasised that tackling cause maltreatment besides requires a whole-of-government approach, bringing unneurotic enforcement, rehabilitation, and community-level intervention.

He highlighted the request to fortify municipality policing, reinvigorate the tourer police, and summation nationalist consciousness regarding the recently enacted Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, and Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, which person replaced colonial-era transgression laws, the connection said.

He directed the constabulary and the wider medication to follow innovative strategies for integrating uninhabited islands, marque effectual usage of databases integrated nether NATGRID, and nexus these systems done artificial quality to make actionable intelligence. He encouraged universities and world institutions to undertake lawsuit studies connected the usage of forensics successful constabulary investigations, noting that enhanced forensic exertion would further fortify the transgression justness system.

Long-term policing roadmap

The conference, organised by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), witnessed in-depth deliberations connected a wide scope of nationalist information matters. Discussions were held connected the semipermanent Roadmap for Policing towards Vision 2047, emerging trends successful counter-terrorism and counter-radicalisation, leveraging exertion to heighten women’s safety, strategies to bring backmost Indian fugitives based abroad, and strengthening forensic capabilities to guarantee effectual probe and prosecution.

In his address, Mr. Modi urged the constabulary enactment to realign their benignant of policing to conscionable the aspirations of a federation connected the way to development.

The Prime Minister distributed the President’s Police Medals for Distinguished Service to officers of the Intelligence Bureau. He besides presented awards to the 3 best-performing cities successful municipality policing, a designation instituted for the archetypal clip to promote innovation and betterment successful municipality policing.

The league was attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, and Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan. The DGPs and IGPs from each States and Union Territories, arsenic good arsenic heads of cardinal equipped constabulary forces and cardinal constabulary organisations, participated physically, portion much than 700 officers of assorted ranks joined virtually from crossed the country.