The situation has not changed since then. Fundamental research may not always be possible in such institutions but some amount of applied research by the instructional staff to remove the hiatus between theoretical training and practical police work is critical. Without a research cell under competent instructors it is not possible for the training institutions to take note of the changing situations and develop realistic training programmes. And, to survive successfully in today s changing and dynamic world, law enforcement officers have to be continually up-dated on the latest techniques and developments in policing. I n most of the police training institutions there is no system of evaluation.
Evaluation is, however, essential for a dynamic training system.
It should be continuous and comprehensive enough to cover both the academic and non-academic areas and related to the objectives of the training programmes. Syllabi in the training institutions were found to be fixed and evaluation did not play any role in the modification of various syllabi. Informal evaluation procedures suggested by the Gore Committee, namely question-answer sessions, group discussions and role playing were not part of the training module. Often, a noteworthy feature of police training is its isolation, an unfortunate foretelling of the isolation that is characteristic of police life in service. Like in a military college or other total institutions , the recruit is placed in a circumstance of new social dependencies and resocialized.