DGPs/IGPs conference to discuss terror, police reforms from tomorr

New Delhi, Nov 21 (UNI) A three-day conference of Director Generals of Police and Inspector Generals of Police beginning tomorrow would focus on national security, terrorism, cross border infiltration and police reforms meant to make the law enforcing agency more effective, efficient and people friendly.

The conference being organised by Intelligence Bureau would be inaugurated by Home Minister Shivraj Patil while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold discussions with senior police officials about the major challenges being faced by the police force in maintaining law and order situation in the country.

Dr Singh would also present President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service to eight police officials while Mr Patil would give away the Indian Police Medal for meritorious services to 17 policemen during the annual conference.

The conference would deliberate on issues pertaining to national security, left wing extremism, naxalism, security of critical infrastructure, security environment in the North East, counter terrorism doctrine, orgnaised crime, FDI and national security, police media relations, disaster management, management of international borders and VIP security etc.

The main objective of the conference is to provide a forum to the police leadership in the country to discuss various problems being faced by the police in their day-to-day functioning, work out solutions to such problems by exchange of ideas and sharing of experiences with the senior echelons and thereby make the police more effective, efficient and people friendly.

The Conference, whose ex-officio chairman is the Director IB, would make efforts to devise ways and means for the police force to confront the ever-increasing and newer challenges to law and order and national security including terorirsm, insurgency, extremism and espionage. Sharing of ideas and caring for each other's problems also generate greater bonding and camaraderie among the various police forces in the country.

The conference provides an opportunity to the law enforcing agencies to brief the Prime Minister during an interactive session on some sensitive issues affecting the country. The delegates of the Conference would also call on President A P J Abdul Kalam. The first such confrence of IGPs was held in 1920 by IB and in the post Independence era it was first held in 1950 and was inaugurated by the then Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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