Kodiyeri Balakrishnan will be remembered for trying to give a facelift to the image of Kerala Police among the public by rolling out the Janamaithri (people-friendly) Police initiative.
Launched on March 28, 2008 in his tenure as Home Minister in the Left front government, the Janamaithri Suraksha project had marked the start of the community policing initiatives of the State Police.
Though the project was rolled out two years after the Left government came to power in 2006, Mr. Balakrishnan had made it clear in the initial days itself that the idea of a people-friendly police force remained top among his priorities as Home Minister.
