Jan
23
“At the same time, Indian police officers are few and poorly paid, and that makes them easily susceptible to corruption. India has just 1,585,117 officers to protect 1.2 billion people, or about 130 officers per 100,000 people, the second lowest among 50 countries ranked by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Only Uganda fared worse; many nations have more than twice India’s ratio of police officers to population.”
For Rape Victims in India, Police Are Often Part of the Problem - NYTimes.com
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