Justice Devan Ramachandran questioned the senior government counsel representing the police, as to why the police was to opposed recording their official actions on video and were viewing it as an obstruction to their duty despite the global practice of monitoring police conduct.
“All I want from the police is a modern outlook. All that the citizen wants from the police is a break from the colonial past. In other parts of the world, every action of the police are recorded. Every car has a dash camera and everything that they do is recorded. It is all being monitored,” the judge said.
The judge also asked why officers, despite circulars from the State police chief, were resisting the directives and hesitant in adopting a modern approach while serving the public.
“If an officer still believes that video recording is an obstruction to discharge of duty, then that man must be be sent back to school. Even after the circulars are passed by the chief of police, if the officers don’t know it or refuse to follow it, then how can the State police chief continue as the State police chief,” the Court asked.
Source: Barandbench
