To allow the police force to be honest and live a life of dignity it is necessary to increase their salaries and perquisites to a level where it is not necessary for them to show moral turpitude and indulge in taking bribes, fixing cases etc. Currently the salaries are so low - it has been widely reported that getting a job in the police force requires fixing with the political masters, wherein money is borrowed at high interest rates to pay the bribe to get a police posting. Once these guys get into that kind of a trap, they have no choice but to accept bribes to pay off their debt, as the low salary is barely sufficient to look after one person let alone a family.
Mr. R.R. Patil had stopped the practice of exchange of money for postings to lucrative police posts. He could have also looked into the matter of corruption at the time of recruitment - it would have done a world of good. If this practice can be stopped and the salaries and perquisites increased to a decent level, I am confident that at least the new crop of people who join will be honest and dedicated to their uniform and country.
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