The
primary duty of police force is crime prevention, investigation and maintenance
of public order. This is necessary to achieve a broader objective of welfare of
the individual and society at large.
We
all know that police force is limited and if police doesn’t get last mile
surveillance, the organisation would always fall short of its duty. Last mile surveillance
cannot be achieved with the existing force levels unless the citizens pitch in.
We should be ready to become watch dogs for police, to help them achieve their
aim.
We
are all very busy in our own world and family responsibilities keep us
occupied. Although busy, many conscientious citizens keep observing things
going on in our vicinity. Through various interactions with our neighbours we
come to know about persons living in the colony. Sometimes we come across such actions
of our neighbour, close associate or a family staying in our locality which go against
our conscience as a person and unlawful as a citizen. These actions could be in
the form any of the following - employing a child labourer, black money
creation, corrupt practices or suspected antinational or terrorist activities.
It can also cover flouting of corporation rules including illegal construction,
encroachment, not paying property or commercial tax commensurate to the usage
or any other illegal actions. Sometimes we are sure about their activities and sometimes
we just suspect. Many times we would
like to talk to them but fear that they won’t listen. Majority of times as a
result of our busy schedule we don’t take action or because we stay in close
proximity and fear that giving a complaint would spoil the relationship or our
stand would make it difficult for us to continue staying in our colony and so being
peace loving, they avoid getting into trouble. In some cases, there might be very
practical constraints of old age and therefore the indifference. Sometimes for
some reasons the conscientious citizens may not want to get involved with police.
Some would refuse to BELL THE CAT for fear of getting the identity
revealed and exposing themselves to hate rage.
We
all agree that if the wrongdoing or the suspected act is nipped at the bud then
society could be saved from a larger wrong. If there becomes a constant fear of
getting detected then many wrong doers would not indulge in such activities. A
proactive citizen is a boon to the society. Remember inaction, silence and
indifference towards wrong doings have made the evil to triumph. We should help
police to help ourselves and thereby our society.
Would
you like to BELL THE CAT?
Here
is a forum called Rashtrachakshu (Eyes of the Nation) where conscientious
citizens can help the society by informing us of your ‘FIND’ and we would do
the rest. Your identity would not be revealed.
Following
are the guidelines –
Please
email your suspicion at rashtrachakshu@gmail.com . We would require your contact number and would contact you back.
At
present we request conscientious citizens from only BANGALORE area contact us.
We are also seeking conscientious volunteers from all over India to start this
movement. Please feel free to contact us at rashtrachakshu@gmail.com . We request
your contact number (s) and in a nutshell your background to proceed.
Lest
I forget - Have you taken RASHTRAVRAT? Still not? Please read http://www.rashtravrat.blogspot.in/p/rashtravrat.html
