new delhi indian institute of management iim indore is going to carry out a study of beat policing in indore to improve the current system an escalation in the cases of beat police brutality and callousness towards civilians have been reported by the national crime records bureau ncrb the sixmonth study to understand and analyse existing practices and recommend a framework for the improvement of the system and suggestion for technology intervention for improvement in beat policing would be led by professor himanshu rai director of the iimthe project is part of a larger memorandum of understanding signed between the iim and madhya pradesh police to strengthen the professionalism of the parties and to contribute to the development of a better security environment and orderliness at public places through a mutual academicpractitioner collaboration systemaccording to the national police commission 20202021 although a sound beat system is the primary building block for successful policing in many states in india it exists only on paper the emerging challenges the police face and the introduction of community policing programmes in several areas have led to a realisation among police forces of the need to have a proper beat system to strengthen both professional policing as well as community policingofficials of iimindore and mp police are going to finalise the details of the study on thursday as per the draft proposal the study will involve fieldwork in various police stations to identify the issues on the ground the team will also try to use the crimerelated data for optimizing the processes related to beat policingour primary focus will be on the process and systemlevel study for improving the current situation of beat policing in indore city we will also investigate the different communication styles behavioural patterns interpersonal competencies and values required for an effective policecommunity partnership said raithe study will focus on multiple issues including allocation of resources usefulness and impact of the beat system operational issues and practical implications as well as analyse the existing organization structure assignment of personnel to beats territory and timings understand how the beat personnel maintains records and patrollingrouting of beat personnel and coordination with the command centre among othersaccording to agam jain sp police training college indore the idea is to study the present beat policing system beat policing is the crux of policing so the researchers from iimindore will be looking at the system the work of police and the gaps as well the researchers would be provided with the logistics by us such as providing them with the basic data facilitating their visit to crime scenes and crime data on completion of the project in sixmonth time we are expecting some recommendations in the form of a framework for improving the beat policing system madhya pradesh police would then look at the suggestions