Improving Public Perception of Police through Technology | Praveen Sood | TEDxGlobalAcademy 

Mr. Praveen Sood is an IPS officer of 1986 batch. He speaks on the various reasons for the low image of police right from how the British portrayed Police and even after seven decades of independence, the negative connotations of police still exist in the eyes of every citizen of India. He being a strong proponent of technology shares his idea of how police force in this part of the country have been made tech savvy. He has been instrumental in introducing mobile governance through SMS gateways and payment gateways for collection of fees as well as service requests from public. As Commissioner of Traffic and Road Safety, he was involved in replicating the Bangalore model of technology driven traffic management to the entire state.
TEDxGlobalAcademy is proud to introduce its first speaker Mr. Praveen Sood. He is currently serving as DGP- CID, Bengaluru. He explains that adoption of technology can bring in the much-needed change which is the need of the hour for the police force to improve their public image. He concludes his talk by stressing on the fact that the key to better police image is not the crime statistics rather it is the response statistics coupled with transparency. This talk was given at an independently organised TEDx event using the TED conference format.
Mr.Praveen Sood, IPS, DGP - CID
Praveen Sood, an alumni of IIT Delhi, IIM Bangalore and Syracuse University, New York, joined IPS in 1986, Karnataka Cadre. A strong supporter of technology driven traffic management, he is instrumental in establishing most advanced Traffic Management Centre at Bangalore city. He was instrumental in introducing mobile governance through SMS gateways for collection of fees as well as service requests from public. As Commissioner of Traffic and Road Safety he was involved in replicating Bangalore model of technology driven traffic management to entire state. As Additional Director General of Police Computer Wing he implemented CCTNS i.e. Crime & Criminal Tracking Network System all over Karnataka by networking all Police Stations up to Delhi and ensuring data entry and retrieval of all information in police stations and higher police officers online in real-time. He is currently serving as DGP- CID, Bengaluru. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx