Changing role of State

The city state which came into existence 5000 years ago is undergoing change in a phased manner. It is called by different names based on the role it plays in the lives of the people .

Police State
The term Police state" was first used in 1851, in reference to the use of a national police force to maintain order, in Austria .
A standing police force became common in the late 19th and early 20th century, the term "police state" came to be used more commonly .

Introduction
The term Police state describes a state in

which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. It exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control It is anti democratic in character.

Classification of a Police state

It is rare that a country will identify itself as a police state. An electronic police state is one in which the government aggressively uses electronic technologies to record, organize, search and distribute forensic evidence against its citizens.

 A "temporary police state" can exist by design.

For example, in Copenhagen in 2009, the Danish government enacted laws that would permit police to use unlimited discretion in detaining the suspected of opposing the Conference of Parties .

Police to use military drones to spy on public

Officials now have 1,200 powers of entry to private homes

New World Order

Terror is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.

How did Hitler keep control of Germany?

The Terror State
Secret police called the Gestapo would spy on and arrest enemies of the state.
SS were responsible for running the concentration camps.

Propaganda
Mass Rallies, Posters and Propaganda films.

Keeping Control of Germany

The Nazis controlled and censored the radio & newspapers. School children were indoctrinated with Nazi ideas at school. Hitler Youth & the Young Maidens.

Everyone was scared of being arrested by the Gestapo and being put in a concentration camp.

Popularity
Ripping up the Treaty of Versailles. Creating Jobs

Police states can be difficult to leave.

Importance of Police State

Security BSF , RAF , CRPF , CISF , SWAT , CMP
Military Police Force Provost Marshal Gendarmerie , Carabinieri Law and order

Para Military BSF COIN Allegations of Human Rights Abuses (RAF) Riot Control CRPF -Civilian agency

CMP
PREVENT BREACHES OF VARIOUS RULES AND REGULATIONS

Discipline of its troops

Characteristics of Police State

Serve central Government instead serving the Citizens .
Enforce policies of central government , instead of responding primarily to criminal misdeeds . Spy on citizens and intimidate them .

 The country is governed by a Military Dictatorship as with a junta or The Generals

Military Rule applies Court Martial and Non judicial Punishment When a country or area is conquered after invasion - placed under military occupation

Drawbacks of Police State

Suspension of Civil Rights
Human Rights Violated Central Government Prevails

 Taxpayers would not be forced to fund

police services; these transactions would be voluntary. It would disadvantage the poor . Public police, by contrast, are limited in size by the political jurisdiction.

Some people see the potential for a dual system of policingone for the wealthy and one for the poor .

Police State -

India

On 22nd June 2011, at around noon, the Assam police opened fire, killing four, on a demonstration led by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) - a peasant organization of Assam .

INDIA

RELEVANCE TODAY
Should India become a Police State?

Is Assam turning into a Police State?