People want a law-abiding, neutral, and corruption-free police force that will operate without any political influence, as per an online survey conducted by police reform commission.

The CID, PBI and four other major police units have been functioning without chiefs for several months, leading to lacklustre performance in operations.

Continued dysfunction within the force is risking public safety

Why are the deficits in democratic policing so glaring?

Police must be able to carry out law and order duties

Now that the dust is starting to settle down, there are growing calls for reforms across the nation.

For police reform to be substantive, the first order of business should be the enactment of a new Police Act