what are the measures under taken at time of british in place system
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Lord Cornwallis implemented the efficient Police System in India for the first time. He created the new post of Superintendent of Police (SP). He divided a district into many 'Stations' and put every station under a 'Kotwal'. Similarly he put every village under the care of 'Chowkidhar'.
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reforms recommended : milestones the history of recommendation for police reforms in India is over a 100 years old. from the colonial period to post - independence to the present day, many commissions have been set up to recommend changes on a wide range of issues related to policing and police reform. in spiteof their many recommendations, policing remains colonial in many respects and has not kept up with democratic ideals and current needs. BRITISH ERA (1855-1947)1855: frist enquiry into police terture in the Madras presidency 1860: first police commission set up the police Act, 1861,was based on a draft put forward by the 1860 committee. it was authoritarian in nature, coming as it did in the aftermath of the 1857 sepoy mutiny. this act remains in force at the centre even today. under this act:
the state government controls the police. the police is largely unacceptable to civil society or other democratic institution, directly.
officers who resist political interference are often subject to frequent transfers.