News Reports
SPIR 2019 across print, television and the web
The Status of Policing in India Report 2019 is part of the Common Cause programme on police reforms and accountability. The data-rich report is meant to be studied and understood over a long period of time. Hence, it will have a long shelf life and continue to be useful for journalists, researchers, intellectuals and policymakers. Following are the main news stories (hyperlinked) in English, Hindi and other languages, in the first two weeks of the report's release.
Data Based reports
- India’s policing is broken, study reveals (Asia Times)
- Even cops avoid sending their daughters ALONE to the police station (Asiaville)
- Tired of 14-hour work days, a third of Indian police officers are keen on quitting (Business Insider India)
- Study finds anti-Muslim prejudices among police personnel (Citizens for Justice & Peace)
- 50% cops feel Muslims 'naturally' commit crimes, 20% call anti-atrocities law biased (Counterview)
- Indian police does not create enabling environment for women personnel, nor is it gender-friendly (Counterview.org)
- New report lays bare prejudices of cops (Deccan Herald)
- Stress, apathetic attitude taking toll on policing: Study (Hindustan Times)
- Telling Numbers: How police relate Muslims and migrants with crime (Indian Express)
- Every Third Indian Cop Thinks Mob Violence Over Cow Slaughter Is ‘Natural’: New Survey (Indiaspend)
- Every Second Indian Cop Thinks Muslims ‘Naturally Prone’ Towards Crime: Study (Indiaspend)
- Delhi Police India's Best on Numbers, Infrastructure & Money Use, UP Police Worst (Indiaspend)
- Which is India’s best-policed state? (Livemint)
- Indian police under stress due to workload, poor work-life balance, lack of resources (Moneycontrol.com)
- SCs, STs, OBCs and Women Poorly Represented In Police Force; STs, Women Less Likely To Be Posted As Officers (News18)
- 27% Police Personnel Say Senior Cops Ask Juniors to do Their Personal or Household Jobs: Survey (News18)
- Every third Indian policeman finds mob lynchings a ‘natural’ response to cow slaughter (Scroll.in)
- In charts: High approval for police violence in India -- 80% among police, 50% among citizens (Scroll.in)
- In charts: Only 7% of India's police force is women. This hurts investigations into gender violence. (Scroll.in)
General News reports
- Half of India police feel Muslims more likely to commit crimes (Aljazeera)
- Police Transfers Jump In Election Years, New Report Finds (Bloomberg Quint)
- Police in India works at 77% of its sanctioned strength, says study. (Business Standard)
- Police transfers jump in election years; Haryana, UP lead the way: Report (Business Standard)
- Sorry state of policing (Business Standard)
- Muslim Leaders Feel Vindicated by CSDS Report on Police Bias (Caravan Daily)
- Beat up criminals: For most policemen, it's a good idea (Deccan Herald)
- What ails the police? Prejudiced mindsets (Deccan Herald)
- Crying need for police reform in India (DT Next)
- Report exposes bias in minds of cops against Muslims (Financial Express)
- Survey: 50 per cent cops feel Muslims naturally prone to crime (Indian Express)
- Survey: 50 Per Cent Cops Feel Muslims Naturally Prone To Crime (Indian24news)
- What Indian cops think (India Today)
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019: Police Adequacy and Working Conditions (Im4Change)
- Indian Police Personnel Feel Muslims Are Naturally Prone to Committing Crime, 72% Cops 'Under Political Pressure During High Profile Case Investigation', Says Survey (Latestly.com)
- Opinion | Police and prejudice (Live Mint)
- ‘50% cops in India feel Muslims are naturally prone to crime (Mumbai Mirror)
- Natural for accused in cow slaughter cases to be punished by mob, feel 35% Indian cops: Report (Mirror Now)
- Interfacing political class, police force & patriarchal lines (Nagaland Post)
- Interfacing political class, police force and patriarchal lines: prejudices and fixations are the triggering points (Nagaland Today)
- Islamophobia in police: 50% police officials feel Muslims are naturally prone to crimes, says report (National Herald)
- 18 hours: Odisha cops most overworked (New Indian Express)
- 33% Policemen Condone Punishment by Mob in Cow Slaughter Cases: Report (News Click)
- Policing in India Report: Prevalence of Gender Bias and Inequality (News click)
- 50 percent of the country's policemen suffer from this bias, a report revealed (News Track)
- ‘Mo Sarkar’ In Odisha Police? 53% Cops Open Up On ‘Political Meddling’ During Investigation! (Odishtv.in)
- Odisha Police Clocks 18 Hrs A Day, Most Overworked In Country: Report (Ommcom news)
- Cops face ‘political meddling’ during investigation: Survey (Orissa Post)
- Mob Lynching Unlimited! Vigilante Brutality Hits Top Gear As Law Plays Catch-Up (Outlook)
- Every Second Cop in India Thinks Muslims Naturally Prone to Crime: Police Survey Report (Sikh Siyasat News)
- Police Force sans Diversity: Poor rep of SCs, STs, Women, OBCs, Muslims Invisibilized (Sabrang India/Communalism Combat)
- Telangana: Political pressure impacts policing (Telangana Today)
- 50% of India’s cops feel Muslims prone to crimes: Survey (The Indian Awaaz)
- One in 5 cops thinks SC/ST Act cases false, motivated: Survey (The Indian Express)
- Police in India Endorse Encounter Killing, Mob Punishment: Study (The Leaders)
- One In Two Police Personnel Thinks Muslims Are Prone To ‘Crime’: Survey (The Logical Indian)
- Survey: 50 per cent cops feel Muslims naturally prone to crime (The Millenium Post)
- 59% of Telangana police force justify use of violence, Kerala, Odisha disagrees (The New Indian Express)
- New study finds 72% of India’s police officers have felt political pressure during probes (The Print)
- 50% of Cops Feel Muslims Are More Prone to Criminality: CSDS Study (The Quint)
- Police in India Endorse Encounter Killing, Mob Punishment: Study (The Wire)
- Make Police More Accountable, Free of Outside Influence (The Wire)
- At 16 hours a day, Bihar police third most overworked force (Times Of India)
- Not even 1 computer per police station in Bihar (Times Of India)
- 11% of Bihar cops never trained on crowd control (The Times of India - Patna News)
- 87% Gujarat cops can’t devote time to their families, finds study (The Times of India - Vadodara News)
VIDEOS
- Why Has The Police Become The Biggest Villain In India? | Viewpoint with Bhupendra Chaubey (News18)
- Sensational findings by a survey on cops, Is India's police force full of bigots? | The Big Story (Mirror Now)
- 11,000 police personnel families surveyed, Is police reforms the need of the hour? | The Last Word (Mirror Now)
- पुलिस की कार्य व्यवस्था पर रिपोर्ट (Swaraj Express)
- Odisha Police clinches top position in Status of Policing in India Report 2019 (Kalinga TV)
- Odisha police personnel work 18 hours a day: Status of policing in India reports 2019 (Kalinga TV)
- CSDS survey proves the dangerous depth of Muslim hate in police forces (Popular Front Emedia Official)
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019, Issue of Police Adequacy and Working Conditions #UPSC #IPS (Study IQ education)
HINDI
- 240 थानों में वाहन नहीं, 224 में फोन भी नहीं- रिपोर्ट (BBC Hindi)
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- ‘मुसलमानों का स्वभाविक तौर पर अपराध की ओर झुकाव’, सर्वे में 50 फीसदी पुलिसवालों की राय (Jansatta)
- देश के 50 फीसदी पुलिसकर्मियों को लगता है कि मुसलमान आपराधिक मानसिकता के होते हैं: रिपोर्ट (amarujala)
- 50% पुलिसकर्मी मानते हैं अपराध की तरफ मुस्लिमों का झुकाव: रिपोर्ट (The quint)
- देश की आधी पुलिस मुसलमानों को मनाती है आपराधिक प्रवृत्ति का: रिपोर्ट (Kohraam)
- पुलिसकर्मियों के मुताबिक आपराधिक मानसिकता के होते हैं मुसलमान: रिपोर्ट (Sanjeevnitoday)
- रिपोर्ट में खुलासा: औसतन 14 घंटे ड्यूटी करते हैं पुलिसकर्मी, ट्रेनिंग का लेवल भी काफी खराब (LiveHindustan.com)
- मुसलमानों, महिलाओं और ट्रांसजेंडर को लेकर पुलिस का पूर्वाग्रह, जर्जर इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर (Outlook Hindi)
OTHER LANGUAGES
- લોકનીતિ અને કોમન કોઝનો રિપોર્ટ, દરેક બીજો પોલીસ મુસ્લિમને ગુનાહિત વૃત્તિના માને છે
- দেশের ৫০ শতাংশ পুলিশ কর্মী অনুযায়ী, সংখ্যালঘুরাই বেশি অপরাধীক মানসিকতার হয়ঃ রিপোর্ট
- দেশের ৫০ শতাংশ পুলিশ কর্মী জানালেন, অপরাধের জন্য সংখ্যালঘুরাই দায়িঃ রিপোর্ট
- ஒவ்வொரு மூன்றாவது இந்திய போலீசாரும் பசுவதைக்கு எதிரான குழு வன்முறை ‘இயற்கையானது’ என நினைக்கின்றார்: புதிய ஆய்வு (Tamil Indiaspend)
- 50 శాతం ముస్లింలు నేరప్రవృతి కలిగినట్టు అనిపిస్తారు.. పోలీసుల వైఖరిని వెల్లడించిన ఓ సర్వే... (Oneindia.com)
OTHER WEBSITES
- 9 PM Current Affairs Brief – August 29, 2019
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019
- STATUS OF POLICING IN INDIA REPORT 2019
- Does political pressure hinder probes? Police reflect in survey
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019
- Status of Policing in India Report 2019 (Aspirant World)
- Status of policing in India Report 2019 (Dr. Rajkumar Academy of Civil Services)
- Police Reforms in India (Empower IAS)
- भारत में पुलिस की स्थिति रिपोर्ट 2019 (दृष्टि The Vision)
