Each edition provides a detailed analysis of various aspects of policing in India, including performance, public perception, and operational challenges.
The SPIR is a collaborative effort primarily conducted by Common Cause (India) and Lokniti-Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) with contributions from other organizations like the Lal Family Foundation.
[7] This report reveals minorities in societies were most susceptible to being falsely implicated in cases of petty crimes, Maoism, and terrorism by the police.
It also analyses data from official sources like National Crime Records Bureau/ BPR&D and CAG reports along with an all-India perception survey conducted by the Lokniti team of the CSDS and their partners in the states.
[10] The SPIR 2019 states that 50 percent of police personnel who have been surveyed feel that Muslims are likely to be "naturally prone" to committing crimes.
The pandemic-induced lockdowns brought police personnel into direct contact with the people in need of urgent help and assistance and modified, to a large extent, their primary role and the nature of duties performed by them during ‘normal’ times.
[18] The report records people's perceptions of three mass surveillance tools: CCTV cameras, drones and facial recognition techniques (FRT).
[20] Half of the respondents (51%) said CCTVs were installed in their homes or colonies, with residential areas inhabited by higher income groups far more likely to have CCTV coverage than slums and poor regions.