It is not their fault that the police are despised in India.

"Police reforms are necessary to change it from a colonial to a people-friendly force," wrote P Singh, a former Director General of Police. "The Supreme Court gave a landmark judgement on police reforms on September 22, 2006, giving seven comprehensive directions out of which six were for state governments and one for the central government." Today, after 12 years, "Seventeen states have passed Acts purportedly in compliance of the court's directions but essentially to circumvent them. The remaining states have passed executive orders which are in violation of judicial directions." The Justice Thomas Committee expressed "dismay over the total indifference to the issue of reforms in the functioning of the police being exhibited by the states", in its report in 2010. But, "The states remain adamant. The colonial structure suits the political class because it enables them to use, misuse and abuse the police in a partisan manner." "Contrary to Abraham Lincoln's famous definition of democracy, India has a government of VIPs, by VIPs and for VIPs. They do what they can, the people must suffer what they must," wrote Prof R Thakur. The Congress is especially responsible as the party in power all over India after independence. Prime Minister Modi promised good governance to win election in 2014 but, "T'was not to be. In this as in most other respects, the gap between boastful rhetoric and actual practice remains distressingly wide: the 56-inch chest has been overshadowed by a 96-inch tongue." 36% of all members of parliament and state assemblies have serious criminal charges against them. The BJP, the party of the Prime Minister, has the highest number of members with charges of crimes against women. It is very comforting for these criminals to be protected by the police, with every VIP, which stands for 'very important person', being protected by an average of 3 policemen while there is one policeman for 663 people. Not only does it protect them from being arrested and prosecuted but it also protects them from retaliation by victims of their crimes. This government "vehemently rejected a suggestion by the Supreme Court to link political parties' recognition to not fielding candidates tainted by criminal records in elections", because criminals have the money and goons to win elections. Politicians protect criminals. Thousands of Sikhs were slaughtered after the shooting of Indira Gandhi in 1984 not a single politician has been convicted despite several commissions naming several individuals. In Thoothukudi police have been breaking into houses at night and arresting people after shooting 13 protesters to death on orders of politicians. People seek the help of known criminals for protection against the state. Our soldiers risk their lives to protect people while the police act as agents for criminals. Both are in uniform, one respected the other a disgrace. No fault of theirs.