Training of Private security industry and quid pro quo

The UHM bemoans the fact that Indian police is lacking in adequate manpower, equipment and training. The rato of policemen to public is often taken as a barometer of public security. He has proposed that the states double the police strength by a factor of two and double their present training capacity to work towards that goal over a period of the next decade possibly. Ideally, ( in lighter vein) it would be best to have a ratio of one is to one or one policeman for every citizen. But, as indicated in my blog elsewhere, studies have shown that a mere increase in police numbers do not tantamount to security or a decrease in crime or increase in publc confidence. The solution I propose is that the state should train new entrants to the private security industry that boasts of an existing strength of 55 lakhs and is estimated to grow at a rate of twenty per cent per annum. The training should be done on the lines of what Punjab police is currently doing and Rajasthan police too is attempting, where the state private security guards training institutions will give requisite training to eligible and willing candidates free of cost and certify them. As a quid pro quo, all of them will act as veritable Friends of Police. A MOU can be signed with the private security industry to make available such numbers of their manpower so trained for public duties in emergencies, for conduct of elections and so on. Police forces freed from the excessive burden of policing a mammoth population in this manner can then focus on fighting crime, Maoism and so on. Imagine also the flow of information from these 55 lakhs plus security guards.
prateep