(As told to Satish Nandgaonkar)For the complete list of stories in the Fixing Mumbai series,For the complete list of stories in the Fixing Mumbai series, click hereRELATED NEWS Fixing Mumbai As Mumbai police commissioner, I had distributed forensic and scientific investigation kits, but I’m not sure the practice has continued. In 2009, as Mumbai police commissioner, I purchased bullet-proof jackets, but the Kevlar body armour’s life cannot be longer than five years. Therefore, new policemen need to have the wherewithal to deal with changing times. Besides, the police force is not a revenue-generating organisation, and hence governments are never keen to increase its numerical strength.

Source: The Hindu June 12, 2016 02:37 UTC