The average pay for police officers stands at 19.000 IR per month – that’s less than 250 $! However, the lower ranks earn only slightly more than 100 $. Those are the ones you’d be confronted with in India, should a problem arise. India’s police force is notorious for corruption and brutality – and a strong esprit de corps. After all, birds of a feather flock together. They are everywhere (especially when you don’t need them) in their hearing-aid-colored uniforms, completed by a cap and a belt over which usually a stately tummy towers. Apparently, life is not all bad for a cop in India as many have a side occupation: as highwaymen or racketeers in bazaars and the like! Here 200 rupees from a car driver, there a free quid from a betel nut seller. After all, every additional paisa in the budget counts. And now and then a lathi charge (see picture), where one can really get rid of all his frustrations.