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Kuldip Sharma, joined Indian
Police Service in 1976 and was allotted the Gujarat cadre. He has served as
Superintendent of Police in four different districts of Gujarat including the
border district of Kachchh. He has had a first hand experience of metropolitan
policing during his assignment as Commissioner of Police at Rajkot, Vadodara and
Surat. During the high noon of militant activity in the country, he was chosen
to head the Anti-Terrorist Squad at a time when Gujarat was categorized as one
of the six most hypersensitive states.
While on deputation to the
Central Government, he saw service in Jammu & Kashmir. He has also worked as
Home Secretary as well as Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise Department,
Gujarat State. On elevation to the rank of Additional Director General of
Police, he was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Department. The variety of
assignment and depth, resulting from more than 29 years of policing is reflected
in this book. The objective analysis is what makes the authors contribution
truly worthwhile. He is presently posted as Additional Director General of
Police, Training, Gujarat State, India.
Sharma is Bachelor of Science and
Laws and a PhD in Public Administration and the author of Heaven's Light
Our Guide- The Genesis of Indian Police.
According to the book description
of Heaven's Light Our Guide- The Genesis of Indian Police, "The
police system in India springs from the Police Act of 1861. This was a statute
created by the British in the immediate aftermath of the uprising of 1857. The
field of executive police functions is enormous and covers all branches of civil
administration. It has to protect human life, property, honor, religion and
everything that man has created out of his constructive genius. It has to
restrain every thing that degrades or destroys or arrests its progress. And it
has to unite and streamline various forces to form into a smooth stream leading
to the final realization of happiness and prosperity.
An efficient police force is the
very core of civilized existence and people should be aware not only of its
history but also of the important milestone in its evolution. The police needs
to be debated, discussed, analyzed and understood. This book relates the story
of the creation of police force meant to sub serve the interest of a foreign
power. It does not attempt to explain why a statute enacted to put a nation in
shackles continues to exist today. It does not do so because there is no
tangible explanation for the same. It, however, points to a mindset that
pervades even today, a mindset that prevents any kind of reforms."
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