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The service provided by the
police
The Transparency
International India study also investigated the respondents' opinion about the
service of the police. A vast majority felt that they got an inadequate and low
quality service by the police.
Quality of service
received
|
SI
No |
Quality of service |
Total in (%) percent
|
|
1. |
Inadequate |
74 |
|
2. |
Neither inadequate nor
good |
14 |
|
3. |
Good |
11 |
Data source: "Corruption Study India 2005
Interesting to note is that
many of the respondents adopted alternate ways of ensuring the service of the
police. According to the study these alternate methods were bribes, influence
and approaching middlemen etc. as stated below.
Alternate avenues
used
|
SI
No |
Alternate procedures
used |
Total in (%) percent
|
|
1. |
Paying additional amount |
80 |
|
2. |
Putting extra efforts |
27 |
|
3. |
Using influence |
16 |
|
4. |
Using political
influence |
11 |
|
5. |
Bureaucrats/officials'
influence |
9 |
|
6. |
Approaching middlemen |
5 |
Data source: "Corruption Study India 2005
The study has also listed
nine services for which the respondents had paid bribes. Worth noticing is that
almost half of the respondents paid a bribe to get their First Information
Report (FIR) registered. The FIR is the first step in a police investigation and
has to be filed at the police station to start an investigation.
Services for which
bribes are paid for
|
SI
No |
Services |
Total in (%) percent |
|
1. |
Registering FIR |
47 |
|
2. |
For avoiding being
challaned for
traffic offences |
16
|
|
3. |
For avoiding
arrest/serving of notices |
11 |
|
4. |
Other activities (bail,
other challan,
etc) |
8
|
|
5. |
Avoiding arrest |
6 |
|
6. |
Verification of passport |
5 |
|
7. |
Ensuring the case is
followed up
actively |
5
|
|
8. |
Verification for job |
4 |
|
9. |
Filling of charge sheet
in court |
3 |
Data source: "Corruption Study India 2005
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