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The police organisation is an essential requirement of any civilised democracy. Police is considered as the watchdog of the society and also a limb of the criminal justice organisation entrusted with the task of maintaining peace and harmony. However, it must be noted that the Indian Police lacks the necessary infrastructure for crime detection. Police in India is always subjected to public scrutiny. It is this continuous struggle for building a better image that has led the police to change their traditional and stigmatised outlook and has become innovative in both investigation and the process of policing as a whole. The world witnessed a rapid change in twentieth century with the introduction of digitalisation of the country. The introduction of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have greatly changed the public viewpoint and the symbiotic relationship between the police and the world at large has catered to various reforms in policing with the help of ICTs. Information Technology has improved the effectiveness and efficiency of the police at large and the capacity to process data. The intelligence and investigative capabilities have been increased to such an extent that criminal records are easily accessible, databases have been created to track criminals and the traditional methods of crime charts have been replaced by modern methods of crime detection. ICT has become the need of the hour in the globalised world today. Indeed, it is one of the most effective tools to detect the global pandemic of cyber-crimes and the police today being equipped with various ICTs are making it a point to look into the various possible solutions and tackle such menaces. Indian Police has restored to proactive policing and therefore the means to incorporate these tools in crime detection has indeed become a pertinent cause to detect crimes. The paper seeks to give an insight into the task of policing as a whole along with the development of a police force for the betterment of the nation.