Wake up.. before its too late

2 months and 3 days back we were glued to TV's watching the brave hearts flush the gunmen out of the hotels in Mumbai. We prayed in silence for the souls departed. We vent our anguish on the system, on the politicians,on corruption. We awarded our warriors with awards and rewards. But we started forgetting the systems that lead to the incident. We foolishly started believing that this cannot happen to us. This may not be true in some parts of the country, but as a resident in the IT capital of India and arguably the second biggest IT income generator after Seattle, everything seems to be forgotten by the masses. I remember visiting the united states after 9/11 and the country had transformed entirely when it came to securing its citizens."ok ok, but thats US, we are a developing nation with steaming population, how can we do that"...not really true. I am not asking for armed security guards in front of my house and in front of every street. Empower the officers to take actions. The suggestion looks very simple, but it will go a long way in empowering the nation to be more responsible. When i say officers, i am not speaking only of police officers, it is anyone and everyone who is responsible to take care of the public. In other words, empower anyone who is paid from the money that we as public pay as taxes. Some may be empowered but they dont know that they are empowered. For example, a conductor in BMTC has every right to check any baggage thats carried in his bus by anyone, a traffic policeman is empowered to check any vehicle in random when the signal turns red at the station that he mans. Like that there are so many officials who either are toothless or acting ignorant of the powers. Let the government start the drive from the top to drive a campaign on letting oficers know their responsibilities.