Data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that in 2013, India's ratio of 138 police personnel per lakh of population was the fifth lowest among the 71 countries for which the agency collated these figures.Experts argue that the Indian police system designed in 1861 was best suited for colonial rule and doesn't meet the requirements of a modern welfare state.The already understaffed system is also hit by many vacancies. The answer to a recent question in the Parliament reveals that as on January 2014, there was shortfall of 5.6 lakh police personnel against the sanctioned strength of 22.8 lakh or about 25 per cent vacancy.