Thread by @ColSanjayPande

#FundamentalChanges 1. We are resp for our land & people. We make our own policies. We need fundamental changes. Confidence of a force is directly proportional to its men having confidence in their officers. Standardise Police Offrs entry. It’s ‘cadre’ only. No parachuting.

#FundamentalChanges 2. Standardise Police Offrs entry. Convert NPA to a ‘higher learning institute. Have just four Police Academies. One exists, NEPA catering to east. Have another three for North, West and South. 100% police offrs, without exception get initial training here.

#FundamentalChanges 3. Standardise Police Offrs entry. Let these four academies be centres to train world class policemen. On passing out, do not brand them with ‘state’ cadre. It should be common cadre pan-India. Let National Police Academy become hub for higher learning.

#FundamentalChanges 4. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. Let all CAPFs have only one Offrs Trg academy. BSF Academy is the best. Convert CRPF Academy into higher learning. Let Assam Rifles have specialist academy. National Police Academy becomes hub for higher learning for India.

#FundamentalChanges 5. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. What is good for India is not good for state. WB-CBI-fiasco? 1947 required federalism of one kind. This is 2019. Old federalism is hurting India. Need to change. Policing must turn pan India. Change over 10 yrs, but CHANGE.

#FundamentalChanges 6. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. Let security forces be led by professionally strong men rather than white collared cadres. Let police do policing and armed forces do their job. Do not convert BSF-CRPF into Army. Army cannot do policing. Remove Brit fear.

#FundamentalChanges 7. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. Do not exploit India on Nehruvian fear of coup-theory by Army. Absolutely idiotic. This thought has resulted in making CAPF forces as big as Army. It’s silly. Army-Navy-IAF use them to become global power. Use CAPF to police.

#FundamentalChanges 8. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. CAPFs are rendering services to be proud of. Their specialities are being played with by cross deploying them in tasks not primarily theirs. BSF, SSB, ITBP and Assam Rifles are for international borders. So is Army.

#FundamentalChanges 9. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. There is need to bring Eastern, Western & Northern border policing under one DG. Shed spare battalions for hinterland policing. This DG needs to work very closely with Army. Equipment, trg, deployment - all aligned with Army.

#FundamentalChanges 10. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. With borders taken care of by CAPF plus Army focus on hinterland security. No one can match CRPF. All spare bins from BSF, SSB & ITBP be merged with CRPF. Let CRPF have policing and countering insurgency as two tasks.

#FundamentalChanges 11. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. Impart soecialist training to CRPF for insurgency. Let National Police Academy, suitably staffed by CAPF and Army be the nodal agency for homeland security. Let each new challenge be addressed at NPA.

#FundamentalChanges 12. Standardise Police Offrs Cadre. Address the State Police now. With offr cadre having similar training and pain India profile, ground experience and ‘rising’ and ‘climbing’ ladder of promotions by sheer experience the local factors do not matter.

13. I intend to put the #FundamentalChanges in a series of tweets, may be more than 50. Sad part is utter lack of knowledge, interest & concern about police & policing in Army. I am working with state police and CAPFs from 13 years, day in day out. My tweets will bring out all.

14. #FundamentalChanges AFTER retirement I have personally visited 41 training centres of Army, ALL Comd HQs, many Corps HQs, ALL State Police and CAPF academies, 40 police state training centres, 20-25 CRPF Group Centres, STC’s of BSF etc. ALL CAPF HQs, hence don’t shoot me.

15. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 14. AFTER retirement I have very closely been associated with BSF Training at ALL of their institutions, CRPF Jungle Warfare, CIATs of BPR&D, and many HQs. I have met some of the finest officers who will outshine Army Offrs many times over.

16. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 14&15. Having known inside out of each CAPF, including Assam Rifles, last 12 yrs have been spent analysing shortfalls. Biggest fundamental problem with police is different cadres of offrs, poor training, deploying for duties not trained for.

17. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 15&16. When you force a CAPF to do something they are not meant for, the result is not desirable. There is hardly an understanding of what Cadre Officer means, what do they do, what max promotion they can get etc. The divide with IPS is big.

18. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 16&17. Cadre Offrs can reach max at DIG level with few becoming IGs. IPS does not come to CAPF below DIG & have ALL decision making posts. Ops, Prov, Manpower etc. 100% boses are IPS, 100% subordinates are Cadre Offrs. Aberration has reasons.

19. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 17&18. All IPS come to CAPFs on ‘deputation’ of 5 yrs. Period. Only 5 yrs in their service. If they do second stint it’s in very senior ranks. Cadre Offrs spend entire service in their respective CAPF. No IPS at Asst Comdt (Lieutenant) level.

20. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 18&19. Deputation of 5 yrs to CAPF is either a ‘holiday’ from state, a ‘punishment’ by state, ‘routine’ posting or a ‘convenience’ of the IPS. There is NO heart and soul in posting. CAPF posting is at DIG level (rarely) or IG level (common).

21. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 19&20. CAPF of DIG or IG level will always be on key appts & ALWAYS under another IPS boss. No IPS gets an ACR from Cadre Officer. Each posting in field/HQs starts DIG upwards. CAPFs have 600+ battalions. None has seen an IPS offr since 1947.

22. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 20&21. Leadership in security forces is ‘demonstrated’ by officers. Why are Forces Officers so capable and great leaders? Each at 21/22 yrs age started career as Lt/SubLt/FlgOffr. They are in units, day in day out with men. They bond with them.

23. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 21&22. This thread is about the ‘system’’. The most brilliant minds are in IPS. The rotten system makes them do what they do. It’s natural to grab more power, positions, promotions etc. and why not? Hence it’s not IPS but the system that sucks.

23. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 21&22. Hence I sum up the IPS part. The men are same. They come from same villages. Why are they so different in State Police, CAPF and Armed Forces? It’s LEADERSHIP and TRAINING. Officers join lowest level in Armed Forces and rise up on merit.

24. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 22&23. Armed Forces officers are hard core professionals. No dolution of leadership and training. It requires very strong backup, BSF + Assam Rifles should be completely border oriented with a same-similar equipment profile as Army.

25. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 23&24. BSF has excellent Cadre Offrs but are limited by promotions. 95% retire at Comdt & lower level. Few become IGs. That’s it. To be of support to Army 100% officers of BSF Director General downwards need to be from Cadre. Massive gap today.

26. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 24&25. Assam Rifles on the contrary has excellent officers. Earlier all seconded by Army. Today it’s mix. Cadre plus Army. All slog from bottom upwards. Excellent leadership. Uncontaminated. Excellent support to Army. BSF&AR hence be at par.

27. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 25&26. Other than State police & CAPFs where are IPS officers posted? Everywhere. From vigilance to CMDs of State Road Transport Corporations. Within state the situation is bad. I have met an ADG who had one office, one car and a PA. That's it.

28. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 26&27. Spanning 32-36 years service, IPS have managed to reach third highest rank in 15-18 yrs. What happens thereafter? It's pyramidic like army. They simply promote. Take any state, it should have one DG. Maharashtra one had 26.

29. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 27&28. Again in state the highest rank a state cadre officer can dream to achieve us equal if DIG. Very very few make it. So a carrot of converting to IPS is given to few. Hence the CAPF and State cadre offers resent. All this needs to change.

30. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 28&29. This culture of State Cadre, deputation to CAPFs/central postings creates a mess. No IPS officer can get central postings unless "released" by state home dept. Here enters the political class. State cadre is 100% with them. IPS confused.

31. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 29&30. While 100% state senior positions are held by IPS, the entry level IPS are in districts as addl SPs under young IPS SPs. None have state cadre bosses. He brushes shoulders with political class at inception. 10-12 yrs in a state.

32. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 30&31. Some of the finest IPS offers rise to eminence due to their grit and determination in these 10-12 yrs. Most fall prey to system. They play long term games to secure best for them. Survival instinct takes over. It's State for life or ??

33. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 31&32. So this IPS offer ties line from day one or gets embedded in state for life. They are allotted state cadres while passing out. Stays them for life. A Sikh offer in Kerala, a Marathi offer in WB. It's for life. So GET OUT becomes aim.

34. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 32&33. 33 for ~ties~ read tows. Deputation is THE way out. State holds keys to release. So political connections and IAS batch mates become the rescuers. That's how the politician-bureaucrat-police live. It's the "system" that forced this.

35. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet 33&34 So it's State where life of IAS & IPS starts & also the place where a politician is born. They travel 'life' together. It's mandatory to make best of each other. The "system" made them bedfellows. Now comes centre. The MESS gets messier.

36 #FundamentalChanges Please refer my Tweet No.1. "We are resp for our land & people. We make our own policies. We need fundamental changes." Status quo is killing India. These #FundamentalChanges will change India forever. Precisely the reason it will never happen.

37. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.35&36. Imperial Civil Service and Indian Imperial Police were two strong arms of Brits for NINETY YEARS from 1857 to 1947 in same/similar form. THEY were Brits. WE are INDIANS. We don't require IAS & IPS. Politicians are NOT 'ruling' us.

38. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.36&37. TEN Policemen of British Raj controlled 70,000 Indians. That was the ratio. It was BRUTALITY. Indian Imperial Police controlled India. The service should have been disbanded unceremoniously on 15 Aug 1947. We are 70 yrs late.

39. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.37&38. POLICE REFORMS and POLICE MODERNISATION are two "fashionable" words of Ministry of Home. I, Me and Myself. Country has nothing to do with it. Security compromised and becomes "in-house" affair. It serves IPS and Politicians well.

40. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.38&39. POLICE REFORMS and POLICE MODERNISATION. Thousands of crores are allocated, some disbursed, carried over, withdrawn & diverted. Security issues of INDIA discussed in house. MHA and MoD working independently. Army has NO presence.

41. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.39&40. MHA and MoD working independently for security if India. Only common people between these ministry's are Ministers & IAS. Within MHA, IPS has presence & say. In MoD the three Armed Forces stand banished. Army is represented by IAS.

42. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.40&41. The two ministries responsible for security if India work in water tight environment. Army even at Generals level has no say Vs IPS & IAS who as young joiners are rubbing shoulders with politicians. This is how the MESS is.

43. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.41&43. In an environment where IAS & IAS work with politicians, they are bound to take sides. An IPS is not loyal to his own cadre since his saviour politician matters. Can there be a bigger shame than CBI-WB Police drama over Ms Mamta?

44. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.42&43. IPS don't get accepted neither in State Police nor in CAPF yet occupy 100% senior positions. They have no knowledge of operations at ground level yet decide on reforms, modernisation, policies,strategy. There can be no bigger farce

45. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.43&44. With no acceptance / complete rejection by State Police & CAPF officer cadre and policemen yet 'leading' them, the IPS has IAS & Politicians as cozy friends. ENTER the businessmen, high profile people, glamour world and criminals.

46. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.44&45 This dangerous mix of society led by politicians becomes the "karma" for IPS. The "system" created this. With police-politician-businessnen-criminals-money-power-families-children mix the recipe for disaster is ready. What do we do?

47. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.45&46 The FIRST #FundamentalChange - Have JUST one common entrance exam for Police Officers pan Indua. Under UPSC. COMBINED POLICE OFFICERS EXAM. Postings be pan-India. NO STATE CADRES.

48. #FundamentalChanges Refer my Tweet No.47 The SECOND #FundamentalChange - Have clear roles for police 1. Border Guarding 2. Government Assets Guarding 3. Central Policing .4. State Policing 5. Citizen Police. Reorg & restructure the current police. 50% Reduction is possible.

49. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.47&48. The conventional threat of 'enemy at border' & 'law & order' in hinterland finished in 90's with Mumbai Bomb Blasts. Today, 25 yrs later, we are vulnerable everywhere. Security set up tackles threats of 1947. Hence #FundamentalChange

50. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.48&49. Armed Forces be made to look at world map inverted 180deg. Vastness of Indian Ocean hits on face. That's where India can realise dream of becoming global power. Develop Navy as main armed force. Make Army manpower light tech heavy.

51. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.49&50. Let BSF, Assam Rifles and Coast Guard be under MoD. Make CRPF with additional bns strong with regional responsibility self contained to tackle all law and order as well as national security threats in hinterland.

52. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.50&51. Integrate State Police with CROF regionally. Let Armed Police Bns of State Police be operationally be under CRPF. Make CISF stronger. The role be revised to give more national assets to guard. Align area of responsibility with CRPF.

53. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.51&52. Thus MHA should just have CRPF and CISF and other minor services & MoD should have Armed Forces, BSF, Assam Rifles and Coast Guard. Make Army leaner & tech heavy and make Navy main service. That's National Security. IT WILL NOT WORK.

54. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.52&53. IT WILL NOT WORK because 1. It will destroy Police-Politician-Bureaucracy nexus for ever. 2. IPS is disbanded and police elite club closes. 3. Loss of control. Policing becomes pan-India with entry through UPSC. 4. Destroys turfs.

55. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.53&54. IT WILL NOT WORK because 5. It will demand professionalism. 6. No criminal can enter politics. 7. No white collar criminals can escape. 8. No favours exchanged for favours. 9. Legislature will loose (criminal) control.

56. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.54&55. IT WILL NOT WORK because 10. Corruption will be drastically reduced. 11. Massive budgets reduction will reduce "income", cuts, commissions and bribes. 12. Perks will be cut for ever. 13. No one will hold sway over ministers.

57. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.55&56. IT WILL NOT WORK because IT TAKES CARE OF INDIA AT COST OF INDIVIDUALS. Turf wars have destroyed India. Pre independence Kingdoms and Principalities were never dead. Their spirit remained and has manifested in IAS, IPS & Politicians.

58. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.56&57. It further manifests in state cadre, MHA, MoD, jurisdiction & interrogating. INDIA SUFFERS, everyone knows but it doesn't pay to make #FundamentalChanges We can rewrite National Security Papers & Vision a million times but? But? BUT?

59. #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No.57&58. Remember the battle is ONLY while in service, RETIRE and bingo, all if three and half decades of fighting comes to an end. They all hob-nob firm strategy institutes, their juniors in service fund it. It's post retirement paid job.

60. LAST TWEET #FundamentalChanges Refer Tweet No. ONE TO FIFTY NINE. National Security is a booming industry. It always was. From Apex Scales to "Think Tanks", from "Surgical Strikes" to National Security Vision, it's an industry. It PAYS to keep it this way. BHARAT MATA CRIES.