Overview
- The three-day meet in Raipur concluded with the Prime Minister issuing a national roadmap for policing under the theme Viksit Bharat: Security Dimensions.
- Modi urged a reset of public perception of the police with emphasis on youth engagement, stronger urban and tourist policing, and wider awareness of the new Bharatiya Nyay, Sakshya and Nagrik Suraksha statutes.
- He called for full use of NATGRID-linked databases, AI-driven analytics to generate actionable intelligence, and wider forensic-led investigation to bolster convictions.
- Priorities included a whole-of-government strategy on drug abuse, regular monitoring of banned outfits, enhanced coastal and island security, and tighter disaster preparedness highlighted by references to Cyclone Ditwah.
- The Prime Minister presented the President’s Police Medals to Intelligence Bureau officers and the first Urban Policing Awards, as sessions also reviewed left-wing extremism transition strategies including state models such as Chhattisgarh’s Bastar plan.