I listen the interview of Mr. Ram Pradhan on IBN LOKMAT , whose team has prepared the report on 26/11 attack on Mumbai
Some point which I liked and loved to learn are as follows
Slum area is a critical problem for Mumbai and major population live there are we don’t know and difficult to know the illegal activities which are happening there.
Attack cannot be possible without local support
CCTV installed but no one is monitoring those , then what is the use of CCTY?
Learning is that while inserting a system we need to put it fully and not 90% , if it is not a full system then o/p is 0
Control room which is a heart of police should be proper
Learning : you have to care your most imp / base part
We got a lot of information but are we are not acting on that info then it is a waste
Our eyes,ears, mind should be alert enough to understand the situation around us.
We can not become operation in teams by sending mails , papers to each other but we need to discuss and act on them
We need to change the system and not the people.
Someone need to monitor action plan then only we can get the results.
He speaks on NSG : He said NSG is ok but they are only for acting after attack , you need to work on the things before attack so that attack should not happen
Sit outside of the system to know the problems and do not just act but think more
Perception is needed --- who will attack in future ? How will he attack ?
He had done the report by actually observing the situation(e.g he went to police control rooms , went to hotels CCTV monitoring room , met a lot of people)
While building report ram pradhan coordinated with one more senior police officer to whome US team consulted for 9/11 discussion
Protection of life and property is the main task of home dept.
He thought on ,how to improve police force
Basic work of police – protection of life and property so Why other duties to police?
System failure should not happen
Action need to be taken on analysis done.
Work in a way that people should say that yes , they worked
Political questions should get solved politically.
No one can give guarantee about security but what can we do need to check .
Ground level intelligence was strength in Mumbai and which was power of Mumbai police and which is missing now a days