49th All India Police Science Congress | 09 Oct 2023

Why In News?

On 7-8 October 2023 two-day 49th All India Police Science Congress was organized at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah inaugurated it.

Key Points

• Union Home and Cooperation Minister released the Compendium of 49th All India Police Science Congress, BPR-D's prestigious Hindi magazine (Police Science) and Uttarakhand Police-Marching with The Times magazine in the programme.
• The objective of this Science Congress is to equip the police with modern technology. It is noteworthy that police officers from all the states across the country participated in this program.
• In his address at the inauguration, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah said that this 49th All India Police Science Congress is very important because this conference is the first Police Science Congress being held in Amritkal.
• Six themes – Policing in the 5G era, Narcotics – a game changing approach, Challenges of Social Media, Community Policing, Challenges of Internal Security and Coordination between Police and CAPFs – Border Security were discussed during this Police Science Congress.