In the course of his duty as Superintendent of Police , Vellore District , Dr. K. Radhakrishnan was awarded the Gandhi Adigal Police Medal for eradication of illicit liquor menace in his region . Assuming role as the Commissioner of Police of Coimbatore City in the immediate aftermath of the Serial Blasts of 1998 and in partnership with civil society , Radhakrishnan employed the philosophy of ‘ Community Policing ’ , which roped in the civil society ’s participation to fight communalism . This resulted in him being conferred with the ‘ Community Policing Award ’ in 2002 by the International Association of Chiefs of Police ( IACP ) , Alexandria , VA , United States . Later on he developed a model on ‘ Communal Relations Management ’ which won him the ‘ Queen ’s Award for Innovation in Police Training and Development ’ in 2004
Serial Blasts of 1998
1998 Coimbatore bombings
K. Radhakrishnan (police officer)