Dr. B. Sandhya IPS (IGP, Kerala)
Nodal Officer
Community Policing Implementation Committee
Nodal Officer
Community Policing Implementation Committee
concerns are of no material consequence. On the other hand, the people, though they have every fundamental
right to demand security of life, property and dignity from the state and the police, cannot remain totally
divorced and aloof from the responsibility of ensuring effective security, for, they also share the burden of
governance in their capacity as ultimate masters. People are subject to the law which they themselves create;
therefore they necessarily have to proactively participate in the process of preventing the violations of enacted
law. Law Enforcement in a democracy, is thus, a process by which public security is ensured by securing and
enlisting the willing co-operation of people who are the beneficiaries of such enforcement