Social Intelligence and Prosocial Behavior among Police Men

This study compared the social intelligence and prosocial behaviour among the police men in rural police stations and police men from armed police wing. The Kerala state police is the state police for the Indian state Kerala and is responsible for state wide law enforcement. The work motto of Kerala police is Mridhu Bhave Drida Krithya, (Sanskrit for “soft in temperament, firm in action”). As a responsible group of public servants, police men should express service beyond their salary motive. Here is the relevance of this study lies, because the sample of this study includes a group from the beginning of their career as police men and a group who are in their middle ages of career. Through comparing social intelligence and prosocial behaviour among these two groups, we will be able to understand the difference between these two groups of police men through which we can identify the growth of mankind in police throughout their career. . The study sample consisted of 120 police men (60 each) from the two categories, distributed in three different districts of Kerala (Ernakulam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Kottayam). The Social Intelligence scale by Chadda and Ganesan and Adult's Prosocialness scale by Capara et al. were applied in the study. The result of the study indicates that, there exist a significant correlation between prosocial behaviour and social intelligence and also there is a significant difference in prosocial behaviour and social intelligence among rural Police men and armed Police men.