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Kaapi With a Cop
Kaapi with a Cop   is an initiative meant to bridge the gap between the Police and the Public. The campaign Kaapi with a Cop is a series of interactive informal and inspiring sessions that citizens have with senior Police officials, an initiative launched under the Community Policing  program of Janaagraha, a non-profit organization. The Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, a non-profit organization based in Bangalore, aims to improve quality of life in urban India, through systemic change. Janaagraha aspires to raise awareness of the benefits of engaging local governments after electing them and to lobby the Government of India to enact legislation to extend the 74th amendment to the Constitution of India for more representative local urban government. The co-founders of the organization are Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan.

Community Policing
The Community Policing program is a Civil Defense Initiative that trains citizens to actively create safer neighborhoods and stronger communities. In conjunction with the Civil Defense, a unit of the police, it trains people in first aid, emergency response and disaster management. It is hoped that the program’s Area Suraksha Mitras (ASMs) will become catalysts for solving neighborhood crime and safety issues. Kaapi with a Cop is a flagship program of the community policing initiative by Janaagraha.

Kaapi with a Cop Origins
As per the Bureau of Police Research and Development under the Ministry of Home Affairs, ideally there should be one policeman for every 568 people. However, with current statistics showing that India averages out to only about one policeman for every 761 people, the country has fewer cops per capita than most other countries. To lessen the burden on police, Community Policing was launched as a Civil Defense initiative that allows citizens to take an active role in creating safer neighborhoods and stronger communities. Kaapi with a Cop is a Community Policing campaign that aims at bridging the gap between the Police and the Public. The campaign features a series of interactive, informal and inspiring sessions that citizens have with senior Police officials. These interactions help people understand how the Police functions, the challenges faced by the force and the importance of their work. This realization hopes to motivate citizens to play a more active role in managing the security of their neighborhood and will perhaps enhance their co-operation with the Police.