They certainly need to be proactive whereas it is other way round. unless they are persuaded or given in writing they rarely act on their own. Many a times, even they try to avoid the situation. They are well aware of the bad elements and unscrupulous activities in their area but seldom take action or show their helplessness. This instead promote lawlessness and an atmosphere of fear instead of fearlessness which is very essential for the society to groom. Of late, there has been many instances of attack even on police personnel which shows the goonda elements are not afraid of the law. The police need to be proactive and act on their own, if this happens religiously without fear or favour, things will change drastically. Their first dharma is do their duty religiously but this has to come from top by setting some examples-Mrs. Kiran Bedi's time was such an era in Delhi.