AP Home Minister Says Future-Ready Policing Will Hinge on 3P Model

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha on Tuesday underlined that policing in the state must evolve faster than the changing nature of crime. She stressed on the need for technology-driven, transparent, and people-centric policing to tackle emerging threats, such as cybercrime, organised crime, and misuse of social media.

Launching the three-day Future-Ready AP Police Retreat in Vijayawada along with Director General of Police Harish Kumar Gupta, the minister called for transforming Andhra Pradesh police into a proactive, technology-driven force. She said the department should shift its focus from merely responding to crime to preventing it through the Prediction-Precaution-Prevention (3P) model.

Senior IPS officers and officials from the Fire Services, Prosecution, Prisons, Special Protection Force, and Forensic Science Laboratory are participating in the retreat.

Anitha emphasised that policing must keep pace with emerging challenges through innovative strategies and adopting modern technologies to curb drug trafficking, rowdyism, and crimes against women and children.

Addressing the gathering, DGP Harish Kumar said the police force must prepare now for the nature of crime expected by 2047. He observed that if a policing system is designed from scratch today, it would differ significantly from the existing structure of police stations and traditional administrative models.

The DGP stressed the need to strengthen artificial intelligence, digital forensics, and other advanced technologies to investigate emerging crimes effectively. He said building a robust digital security ecosystem would form the foundation of future policing and public safety.

The opening day of the retreat focused on six major themes, including cybercrime and technology-enabled offences, safety of women and children, drone threats, protection of critical infrastructure, counter-terrorism, road and transport safety, urban mobility, human resource reforms, training, future skill development, digital police architecture, technology modernisation and disaster management.

Among those who addressed the retreat are Jaimandeep Singh, senior consultant at the Centre for Cyber Security, Trust and Reliability, IIT Madras; Dr Putrevu Venkata Sai Charan, assistant professor at IIT Tirupati; Prabeet Kumar Sikdar of the International Road Federation; and Prof. Vijayabhaskar, Dean (Academics), IIM Visakhapatnam. They shared insights into global policing trends, technological advancements and future security challenges.

The three-day exercise will conclude with a comprehensive action plan and recommendations on future policing. Officials said the retreat’s report, to be submitted to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on July 23, would serve as a roadmap for technological and institutional reforms in policing in Andhra Pradesh.