Category: Local Accountability

India cannot build safer communities simply by adding more police officers or buying more equipment. Lasting improvement requires something more fundamental: clear accountability, professional standards, modern technology, and policing that responds to the communities it serves. India’s police system must combine the strength of national and state institutions with the responsiveness of local government. The…

When a family worries about walking home after dark, when a shopkeeper faces repeated theft, when women feel unsafe using public transport, or when residents see drugs or violence spreading through their neighborhood, they do not experience crime as a state-level statistic. They experience it locally. Yet policing in India remains largely administered through state-level…