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Indian government to teach PR to police officers
By Editor on Sep 18, 2006 in PReducation, cases
Check out this story on the Union Home Ministry of India setting up a National Police University that will offer graduate, post graduate and PhD courses to civilians and serving police officers in a range of subjects and pertinent issues like forensic science, biological warfare, criminal psychology, public relations, human rights, insurgency, communal tension and man management. Notice that ‘Public Relations’ is part of the course.
To me it implies that the government is realising the importance of public relations. It is initiatives and media stories like this that actually uplift the Indian PR industry and do some ‘PR’ for the industry.
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On Sep 18, 2006, pov said:
Iam wondering which PR agency can effectively provide such services…..perfect relations or geneisis i guess…perfect
On Sep 18, 2006, hobbit said:
hi pov, did u mean who can provide classes if they are looking for lecturerers from the industry? Sure, why not?
On Sep 19, 2006, Anonymous said:
PR is very important for Police officers and let me share the real experience of the steel city, Jamshedpur. When the city was constantly under the threat of crime and people lost their faith on Police force, came a man, Superintendent of Police (I am not disclosing the Name) has done a wonderful job by communicating with the denizens of the city.
He sent his staff to XLRI for grooming, the response at Police Station was unbelievable. People use to hear courteous voice wishing and identifying themself by giving the Police Station name with - “Kahiye Sreemaan Main Aapki Kaya Madad Karun”.
During his tenure as the city SP he was worshiped like a hero and entire Police force’s morale was very high.
It is really a wonderful thought to have this idea of teaching Police Officers about PR.
On Sep 20, 2006, hobbit said:
hey there, thanks for sharing this. it’s a beautiful tale.
On Sep 25, 2006, CJ said:
Indeed an excellent development. After the Right to Information Act, this another landmark development in Indian PR scenario. In fact, many police officers are open to the suggestions from the PR professionals. One such officer is Mr.Naunihal Singh, IPS, SSP of newly formed district of Mohali in Punjab.
In his earlier posting also he setup a highly professional community police engaging unemployed youth, training them, and funding their salaries, uniforms, mobiles, etc., through community participation.
He is again experimenting the similar concept in Mohali bringing people closer to the police.
There are indeed pockets of excellence in the police force, but professionalism does require a organised learning, which the new police university shall accomplish.
Time for the professional bodies to pool in their resources and give their inputs for the course content, and of course, offering their services for training/lectures.
On Sep 27, 2006, metal said:
useful information blog,very good content.
On Sep 27, 2006, hobbit said:
Rightly said, cj. thanks for sharing your inputs. Thanks to metal as well.
On Sep 28, 2006, managinginnovation said:
Police officers & PR…hmmmm…really interesting..good thought…don’t think it will Materialize…few places here and there it can happen but on the whole its next to impossible..there is a thin line in between decent behaviour and PR..examples over here states decent behaviour not PR…government understands the role & importance of PR..tht I agree..Punjab governemnt hiring two different agencies is a fine example…so does all political parties..different agencies work for different political parties either openly or Discreetly..
On Oct 7, 2006, hobbit said:
well we can start with the Punjab Police and see