02-12-2007, 03:00 AM
<b>The riot of politics</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The police department has been politicised to such an extent that the hierarchical control and command of the department has almost been done away with. <b>State politicians in power communicate directly with the officers in charge of police stations to give directions as to what and how any action should be taken and who should be arrested and who should not be touched</b>. It is for this reason that the State Governments do not want to let go their control over the police by fixing tenures of officers, despite the orders of the Supreme Court to that effect<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->