Public Policy Initiatives in Policing of Delhi: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis

                Cities in low- and middle-income countries face significant public safety challenges. Rapid population growth, scarce government resources, disordered urban development, a history of abusive policing and a lack of trust in the government are contributing factors to the expansion of crime problems in many urban areas around the world. This paper attempts to understand the Challenges to Police within an overall democratic governance environment of an exploding megapolis. The allocation of policing resources over space and time (manifested through crime, insecurity, congestion, inaccessibility and public disorder) is critically analyzed and gaps are identified. The purpose of the study is to see how the police and governance machinery react to the policing/security and civic order-related needs of a megapolis existing in a democratic environment and what is done satisfactorily and what more needs to be done at the policy level.