Question : PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT POLICE



(a) whether any survey has been conducted by any Government/private agency on the public perception about the police in the country;and

(b) if so, the details thereof and salient features of the finding therein?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)

(a) & (b): Bureau of Police Research of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) had conducted research studies on “Image of the Police in India (1979), Public Perception in Uttar Pradesh (2000) and Police Public Interface (2001). The salient features of the findings of the above research studies relating to public perception about police are given in the Annexure.