The police of Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and thane can be put in the average category, giving them 3 out of 5. It is easy to blame the police force, but the constraints viz -- shortage of manpower, poor training/retraining, low level of technological knowledge, low level of educational qualification, political interference, corruption are some of the banes of any police force. Another issue is the change of mind set of the police force particularly at the lower level where they should be made sensitive to human values and change of police force image that they are meant to be helpful to common man. if we want better police force, these issues need to be looked into otherwise things will deteriorate further. R C Berry