Current Scenario> The current Indian Police system> Previous attempts at Police Reforms> Introduction

After independence the need for police reforms was important and many states set up their own police commissions. The first state police commission was set up in 1959 in Kerala. Most of the States had the Police Act of 1861 as a model when drafting the state acts, hence the same idea and structure is found in the State police Acts. This section is not to analyze the former police reform attempts but merely describe briefly the reform commissions after independence. The section is based solely on "Report of the Review Committee on the Recommendations of National Police Commission & Other Commissions/Committees on Police Reform" (March 2005).