Balancing Police Independence And Public Accountability: A Comparative Study Of Governance Models
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Aditya Kalakoti, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University
Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, Assistant Professor, Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University
1. ABSTRACT
Ensuring police accountability while granting them autonomy is a fundamental challenge in democratic government. While policing units are protected from political interference and are able to enforce the law impartially, too much autonomy can hinder accountability, transparency, and citizen oversight of police. In turn, too much administrative control poses a risk to professional impartiality and public trust in the criminal justice system. The current research does not adequately examine the approach of these conflicting constitutional issues in the different democratic jurisdictions under different governance structures. The purpose of this article is to compare the police governance system in the United Kingdom, the United States and India with a particular focus on the role of the constitution, judicial oversight and systems of civilian accountability. This paper adopts a comparative doctrinal and analytical method to argue that for an effective democratic policing to be achieved, there is a need for a governance framework that would maintain operational independence while also providing for transparent oversight institutions that would increase institutional legitimacy, accountability and public trust.
