The Super Cop Story |D Sivanandan |IPS officer|Police Commissioner of Mumbai | The Faye D'souza Show

D. Sivanandan is one of India’s most well-known and highly regarded IPS officers with an illustrious career spanning over 35 years, retired Director General of Police Maharashtra and Former Police Commissioner of Mumbai.
He is credited with ridding the city of Mumbai of the menace of the Underworld in the early 90s and for planning the security of the city of Mumbai after the 24/11 Terror attacks. He speaks to me about his life, career, and experience

Do watch the full interview to know the inspiring life stories of IPS officer D. Sivanandan

00:00- Introduction
03:31- How did Sivanandan become a police officer?
08:04- How did a Tamil boy, who studied in Tamil Nadu land up in the Maharashtra Cadre?
09:08- Sivanandan on being fluent in Marathi
11:04- Best part about being a police officer in India?
12:16- Worst part about being a police officer
13:32- As a society, are we looking after our cops?
15:10- What is the starting salary for a constable?
16:08- Does the lack of a good salary lead to corruption?
17:37- Show up and do your duty- easier said than done?
19:00- Sivanandan on being called back to Mumbai to clean up the Mafia.
22:42- Did you complete your cleanup tasks through encounters?
27:38- Do you feel bad that a lot of movies were made romanticising the mafia?
29:15- How was your personal life during the mafia clean-up phase?
32:16- When did you decide to join the Intelligence Bureau?
33:18- What is the difference between the RAW, IB, CBI and ED?
35:00- Did you ever get close to catching Dawood Ibrahim?
36:31- Thoughts on police portrayal in Films.
38:15- Were these lapses during 26/11?
41:00- What steps were taken to keep Mumbai safe post 26/11?
46:19- There is an image of police being pawns in the hands of politicians or being corrupt. Thoughts?
48:31- Would you say there is more corruption now than before?
50:02- Cases like the Sachin Vaze case blur the lines between police and criminal. Thoughts?
52:43- Sivanandan on cases of Police brutality.
54:51- Biggest Learning from a 35-year career
59:13- Ending

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