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Army wants own empowered police force.
NEW DELHI: The 1.13-million strong Indian Army, the second largest in the world, now wants its own "fully-empowered and trained" police to take care of both internal as well as external crime.
As part of an overall transformation in the pipeline to make the force into a lean and mean fighting machine, with a better teeth-to-tail ratio, the top brass led by General V K Singh will also discuss the comprehensive revamp of the Corps of Military Police (CMP) during the annual Army commanders' conference beginning here on Monday, said sources.
With just over 9,000 personnel and no dedicated officer cadre, the CMP has largely been reduced to ceremonial and traffic management duties over the years.
The aim now is to create a "multi-skilled, versatile, flexible and pro-active" CMP, which is capable of "genuine policing", investigating the entire spectrum of crime and providing "provost support" to formation commanders both during conflict and peace. It could also help tackle growing corruption within the Army.
The army wants a stronger, "fully-empowered" military police. This new force, it is hoped, will also help the Army to better tackle the cancer of corruption which has seeped into the force, with a flurry of land, liquor, meat, cereal, petrol scams besmirching its image. "Growth of crime, including corruption, within the ranks does adversely affect discipline and moral health of a force. Crime is becom sophisticated; requisite capability is needed," said an officer. A more organized CMP will also be able to take on 'external criminals' working for enemy forces.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Army-wants-own-empowered-police-force/articleshow/8075982.cms
NEW DELHI: The 1.13-million strong Indian Army, the second largest in the world, now wants its own "fully-empowered and trained" police to take care of both internal as well as external crime.
As part of an overall transformation in the pipeline to make the force into a lean and mean fighting machine, with a better teeth-to-tail ratio, the top brass led by General V K Singh will also discuss the comprehensive revamp of the Corps of Military Police (CMP) during the annual Army commanders' conference beginning here on Monday, said sources.
With just over 9,000 personnel and no dedicated officer cadre, the CMP has largely been reduced to ceremonial and traffic management duties over the years.
The aim now is to create a "multi-skilled, versatile, flexible and pro-active" CMP, which is capable of "genuine policing", investigating the entire spectrum of crime and providing "provost support" to formation commanders both during conflict and peace. It could also help tackle growing corruption within the Army.
The army wants a stronger, "fully-empowered" military police. This new force, it is hoped, will also help the Army to better tackle the cancer of corruption which has seeped into the force, with a flurry of land, liquor, meat, cereal, petrol scams besmirching its image. "Growth of crime, including corruption, within the ranks does adversely affect discipline and moral health of a force. Crime is becom sophisticated; requisite capability is needed," said an officer. A more organized CMP will also be able to take on 'external criminals' working for enemy forces.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Army-wants-own-empowered-police-force/articleshow/8075982.cms
