Set of principles of police conduct

 The Gore Committee on Police reforms(1970) has said, "  A set of principles of police conduct was adopted by the conference of the Inspectors General of Police in 1960, in which the need for public cooperation and popular support was stressed| The three main principles evolved were that the police are also citizens with the only difference that they are employed on a whole-time basis to perform duties which are normally incumbent on every citizens, which means that the police must not think of themselves as a body apart from the public, that the efficient performance of police duties is dependent on the ready co-operation of the people,
which will not be forthcoming unless they conduct themselves so as to gain the respect the confidence of the people and try, as far as possible, to deal with situations without the use of force, and that they are sympathetic, considerate and mindful of the welfare of all sections of the people and always ready to offer individual service, friendship and assistance to people in need without regard to their social standing     "

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