The Commission was appraised of the details contained in the report on Training and Non-training organizational intervention for inculcating Human Rights observance by Police in India. The research project was carried out by the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad with assistance from NHRC. Shri P.S.V. Prasad, former additional Director of the Police Academy presented the findings to the Commission on 25 May 2004.
The project was aimed at identifying human rights education domains, the knowledge, skills and attitudes relevant to police for training and non-training interventions at police training institutions.
The report submitted to the Commission in June 2003 covered various fields having direct bearing on the law enforcement agencies and the police in particular. Starting from the genesis of human rights to the variety of legislations, domestic as well as international, the report has tried to explain the co-relations between the laws/treaties/instruments, their applicability as well as use by the rank and file in the police force. Emphasis has been given on the theoretical part that could be possibly included in their training curriculum. The non-training interventions lays emphasis on:- proper recruitment; protecting human rights of police personnel; checking on barking crimes; proper placement of police personnel at sensitive places; continuous interaction between different rank structures; technological up-gradation, rewards, counseling of subordinates; inspections by the superiors, reprimanding erring policemen and constructive criticism by the superiors for discouraging negative behavioral patterns. The Commission decided to recommend the report to the Bureau of Police Research & Training (BPR&T) for wider use.