Politicised top policemen responsible for rise in criminal activities

Islamabad: The depressing concern of slanted and unprofessional policing is owing to the political appointment of the top cops against merit.

This is an established fact that every incoming government prefers to sign up docile, submissive, and ‘the yes boss’ police officers, ignoring educated, professionally strong, capable, and upright police officers. In other nous, the political governments themselves are responsible for hiking criminal activities in society by encouraging appointing corrupt, immoral, and criminal-minded officers to protect the wrongdoings of the politicians, not to serve the state.

When police heads are appointed on political considerations rather than their qualifications and experience, it can lead to a decline in the effectiveness of law enforcement. This is because politically appointed police heads may be more concerned with protecting the interests of the politicians who appointed them than with upholding the law and protecting the public.

Political appointments to pose power also cause an increase in corruption and unguided society. This is because politicians may use their power to appoint corrupt individuals to positions of power in exchange for favours or bribes. This can lead to a situation where law enforcement is not only ineffective but also corrupt, which can further erode public trust in the police.

The people observe the poor performance of the politically appointed police chief against the merit, it can undermine their trust in the police. This can make it more difficult for the police to perform their job, as the public may be less likely to cooperate with them or provide them with information.

Such unprofessional police bosses fail to deliver their actual duty to enforce rule of law because implementation of the law is not enlisted in the policing preferences but they like better to please their political bosses by eroding the rule of law and the importance of merit. In those situations, when police fail to execute the law, the criminal mafia takes over the society and initiates establishing “the rule of criminals” when the law is not being applied fairly and impartially due to weedy and corrupt policing.

In addition to these specific problems, appointing police heads based on political favouritism can also cause a general decline in the morale and professionalism of the police force. This is because officers who observe that their superiors are being appointed based on political considerations rather than their qualifications and experience may feel that their own careers are not merit-based. This can lead to a decline in morale and a decrease in the quality of policing services.

Overall, such political appointments create serious predicament and crises within the police force with negative impact on law enforcement, public trust, and the rule of law, while, it is imperative to ensure public believe in police and policing. It is essential for improved governance to sign up capable, professional and honest police chief to obtain required upshots for the growth peaceful and crime free society.

The pollicised police chiefs are often appointed by the authorities of the political governments on their personal gains regardless of their abilities, professional qualifications and experience in different departments of policing but gauge their political interests in protecting party’s turnover. Such negativities created on political interests proliferate the pessimism in the society as well in the police force which will not help ensure that the police are able to do their job effectively and fairly, and that the public can trust them to uphold the law and protect their communities.

Determining who is responsible for the rise in crime is a complex question with no easy answers. There are many factors that contribute to crime, and it is often difficult to pinpoint any one individual or group as being solely responsible. However, there are some general trends that can be observed that the police, whose politicised commanders are protecting only the interests of his political bosses, themselves are responsible for stretching and promoting the criminal activities in the society because the police force is guideless. Numerous instances could be given including a recent case in which an under training Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) was involved in grabbing tens of millions rupees in cash and gold ornaments before properly joining the police force.

In many under developing countries, crime rate is rising due to the same policing situation, Pakistan is facing. This is likely due to a combination of factors, including poor policing, unemployment, inequality, and social unrest. These factors can create conditions that make it more likely for people to turn to crime as a means of survival or a way to express their frustrations by joining criminal mafias engaged in different unlawful activities.

In addition to these general trends, there are also specific factors that can contribute to crime in particular areas. For example, areas with high levels of poverty and unemployment may have higher crime rates than areas with more affluent populations. Additionally, areas with weak law enforcement and a lack of social services may be more prone to crime.

It is important to note that crime is not simply a result of individual choices but enjoying under the umbrella of the area police. Criminals are often products of their environment, and they may turn to crime out of desperation or a lack of other options. Addressing the root causes of crime requires a comprehensive approach that includes economic development, social welfare programs, and improvements to the law enforcement organism.

The top police officers responsible for providing protection to the lives and property of the public, often justify surge in street crimes, phrasing that core cause of economic crunch in the country nevertheless it is not failed policing. However, they acknowledge that the people feel insecure because of rule of street criminals and unprofessional response of the law enforcement agencies. The police authorities have failed to use their force to counter such a horrifying situation created by the unconstrained gangsters hunting for the folks. But the victims avoid to police stations, knowing that the police are not capable to counter such incidents but to create difficulties for them.

The police officers accountable for provide protection to the people of their jurisdictions, always, drift various illogical justifications, shifting their responsibilities on the sketchy system and the economic hardship as a major drive of crime but avoided to explain their counter strategy to respond to fearing hike in crime ratio.