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Rating details. More filters. Sort order. May 13, Deepak Rao rated it really liked it Shelves: police-crime-detective , books-by-babus. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Written in autobiographical style this book by former super cop Julio Francis Ribeiro largely talks about his distinguished and varied career traversing from being a young IPS probationer to being the Indian ambassador to Romania.
This book is about the life of a super cop who never kept his revolver loaded. This is about an officer who in the line of duty survived two attacks on his life. Julio Ribeiro is a role model for the policemen across the country and his ideas continue to inspire many. His contributions to the nation were recognised by the government by awarding him Padma Bhushan in Ribeiro has always been known for his striking ability to understand human psychology and that made him popular both within the department and outside it.
Jogging with fellow policemen, attending their sports meets, playing hockey with them were few techniques Ribeiro successfully uses to form good rapport with his colleagues and juniors. His love for human relations and human rights can be traced back to an incident in his teens which had profound impact on him.
A neighbour had complained against the kids who had shattered his windowpane while playing in the locality. Police picked up the kids and took them to the police station. But the police inspector, a white man, behaved in a very friendly manner and rather than admonishing them taught hitting the ball with a straight bat.
Ribeiro has devoted a lot of pages for the strategy to deal with juniors. He recounts many incidents where he had protected his juniors who had unknowingly committed mistakes but at the same time he resisted political pressures even from the highest levels to throw the rogue elements out of the police.
Ribeiro has held a number of important postings despite his reputation for not succumbing to political pressures. He has provided an extensive piece of advice for dealing with the politicians.
He believes that it is through tact and determination rather than hate and alienation that the politicians can be tackled effectively. He minimised the political interference in the postings of the police officers by devising an innovative transfer policy whereby he asked his junior officers to give their transfer requests directly to him rather than to the politicians and then keeping in view of their past performance he transferred the officers suitably.
This significantly cut down the undue political patronage enjoyed by some of the police officers and at the same time provided an incentive to the honest officers. Despite his apparent repugnance for the politicians, his theory of dealing with them is firmly rooted in the democratic ideas which put representatives of the people at a higher pedestal and there is amention of many politicians who have earned his rich praise in the book.
During his career Ribeiro dealt with many incidents of communalism and it was his staunchly secular stand that helped avert many tragedies. It was due to his efforts that Mumbai was spared of the heinous anti Sikh riots of The initiative to form Mohalla committees, which have been instrumental in defusing communal tensions in Maharashtra, also goes to him.
During his tenure as DGP of Gujarat he proved his mettle by putting an end to wide spread riots in the state. The most common law and order situation that troubled him was related to mob control but over the time he had devised a strategy for effectively handling the mob.
He believes that a mob is violent because of the anonymity it enjoys, so it can be controlled by making its members think as individuals. He has condemned the go-slow approach of the political class to deal with such situations due to politically expedient reasons because people have to unnecessarily suffer when things go out of hands and it is the police which bear all criticism.
One very disturbing aspect of police department highlighted in the book is about the tussle with seniors who are very strong by the virtue of their positions. At one point of time Ribeiro himself was targeted by the IGP of the Maharashtra and the situation became so bad that he seriously thought of quitting the service. A very tough task as Commissioner of Mumbai Police was to curb the menace of Police Unions which had started to hold the state to ransom for their demands.
It was achieved deftly with only one firing incident. Ribeiro dealt with different situations differently, sometimes by application of force and sometimes by negotiation.
Although Datta Samant,the legendary labour union leader, was giving a lot of troubles to Ribeiro yet at many times he convinced the former by the dint of logic and rationality. Despite all apprehensions to the contrary Julio Ribeiro turned out to be among the longest serving Police Commissioners of Mumbai and successful too.
Ribeiro has been a maverick of sorts and the book cites many examples to that point. So at times he keeps his DCPs in his house to ensure better coordination and at other times he alone is chasing the mob of Shiva Sainiks with nothing but a baton in his hand.
He very happily takes up the odd jobs whether it is helping another officer deal with the railway strike or taking over as DGP of Punjab police at the height of insurgency. He used to attend the monthly review meeting called by the Collector even when he was the Commissioner of Thane, a post of DIG rank. In another incident he even went to attend the funeral of a rickshaw puller who got accidentally killed by the police.
He never believed in use of raw force against the people so in Punjab also he authorised use of force only for surgical operations. He maintained contacts with the local people and his approach aimed to form a good rapport with them. He also confesses that he never led the men from the front like Gill. Post retirement he became adviser to the governor of Punjab and later on Ambassador to Romania. It was during this diplomatic assignment that taking advantage of the political turmoil in Romania, a few Sikh extremists made an attempt on the lives of Ribeiro and his wife injuring the former.
As of now his association has largely been restricted to social organisations and the private sector notably the Indian music industry. He openly calls Shiva Sena as an anti Muslim organisation and that it derives a lot of its cadres from anti social elements of the society. He has not shied away from mentioning the areas in which he failed miserably like eradication of alcoholism and adult illiteracy.
He strongly recommends stricter accountability of the police and need to maintain a lean and mean force. Another striking feature of the book has been the humble and unassuming manner in which the author mentions his achievements. Although It has been written in autobiographical style but it covers mostly the professional life of the author and there are just a few glimpses of his personal life.
This book presents a ringside view of policing as witnessed by Julio Ribeiro. Chiefly, this book has been written in chronological manner though there are occasional jumps in the time line which cause a bit of confusion.
Ribeiro himself mentions in the book that he never uttered this phrase and it was ascribed to him by a journalist and Ribeiro had to face a lot of flak for apparently saying so. But then why did he keep this as the title of his book, confuses me. The only explanation I can think of is that this phrase is quite catchy so maybe it is due to marketing considerations. Before reading the book my opinion about policing was that of a deprivational job which even the author subscribes to.
The erudition imbibed from this book is going to illuminate my career path for the time to come. View 1 comment. May 15, Vikas Datta rated it it was amazing.
Most valuable read in its description of a principled policing and how it has been debased over the years.. Mar 27, Prabhat sharma rated it really liked it Shelves: completed. In order to know his colleagues better, he played field games with them in the evening.
Thereafter, he tackled organized crime and violence - including, in its worst form, communal riots - with outstanding success in several cities. Bombay, under his charge, was spared the anti-Sikh riots that rocked cities throughout India in In , Ribeiro was sent to Punjab as Director General of Police, at the height of terrorist violence in the state.
His stint there reinforced the hope of a turnaround in what appeared to be a lost situation, and how he accomplished this forms the high point of the book.
Along the way, he also puts at rest the image created of him as a kind of Rambo patrolling the mean streets. Supercop he was, but one who never packed a gun. Author is a much admired police officer in the country. A person of exceptional physical and moral courage, he never shirked from taking on difficult jobs. But even supercops can suffer from the weaknesses of ordinary mortals. Almost every page of the book is filled with extracts from media reports praising him. This is not to say that he did not deserve all that adulation.
Ribeiro's confrontations with the Shiv Sena and corrupt politicians make fascinating reading, though at places he does tend to be a little subjective in his description of what actually happened. Julio Ribeiro's 36 year career in the police force began in the mofussil, where he got to see the quirky underside of small-town life.
Thereafter, he tackled organized crime and violence - including, in its worst form, communal riots - with outstanding success in several cities. Bombay, under his charge, was spared the anti-Sikh riots that rocked cities throughout India in In , Ribeiro was sent to Punjab as Director General of Police, at the height of terrorist violence in the state.
His stint there reinforced the hope of a turnaround in what appeared to be a lost situation, and how he accomplished this forms the high point of the book. Along the way, he also puts at rest the image created of him as a kind of Rambo patrolling the mean streets. Supercop he was, but one who never packed a gun. A personal, informed account.
Review 'Ribeiro keeps readers as glued to the pages as he had kept those he pursued on their toes. Post a Comment. Radomir Trisha. July 31, Ebooks No comments. Also it has one of the most favorite topic to discuss; the visibility of language as well as words that are blended with the history of the author will really come correctly ah, even you don't get the most effective perfections from reading this publication; at the very least you have actually enhanced your life as well as efficiency.
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