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Over 20,000 police officials transferred within 2 years of posting in 2019

Over 20,000 police officials across states and union territories were transferred in 2019 within a period of two years of their posting, with more than 70 per cent of the shunting happening at the station house officer (SHO) level, according to official data. Altogether, there were 20,637 transfers of police officials during 2019 within two years of their field posting, the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D) stated in its latest data on police organisations updated till January 1, 2020. Officials included in the tally are SHOs, deputy superintendents of police (DySPs), assistant commissioners (ACPs), district SPs (SPs), deputy commissioners (DCPs), deputy inspector general (DIGs), inspector general of range (IG Range), additional CPs, and police commissioners who were transferred within a year or between one and two years of their posting. As per the BPR&D figures, 12 police commissioners were transferred within one year while another 12 transferred between ...

Police personnel on duty surpass sanctioned strength by 35%: Data

West Bengal, Punjab, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir have the maximum numbers of people getting police protection, even as the all-India figure reduced by nearly nine per cent in 2019, according to official data. Also, the number of police personnel put on protection duty in 2018 and 2019 for ministers, MPs, MLAs, judges, bureaucrats, etc., outnumbered their sanctioned strength for the job by around 35 per cent, showed the latest data released by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). The number of people getting police protection across India stood at 19,467 in 2019 and 21,300 in 2018 -- a reduction of 1,833 (or 8.7 per cent), the BPR&D stated in its latest data on police organisations updated till January 1, 2020. The number of police personnel sanctioned for protection duty in 2019 was 43,556, whereas 66,043 personnel were deployed for the job, the data showed. In 2018, the sanctioned strength was 40,031, while 63,061 police personnel were deployed on ...

Best of BS Opinion: No escape from extra borrowing, Covid-19, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Forget the uniform, focus on power

The constitutional principle against self-incrimination is a vital and crucial element for society

Now, no police officer can force 'good Samaritan' to disclose identity

The govt on Thursday said it has come out with rules for the protection of 'good Samaritans' under which no police officer can force the person to disclose his/her identity or other personal details.

Covid hits National Police Academy in Hyderabad as 80 staff test positive

As many as 80 staff in administrative and maintenance departments of the city-based Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVPNPA) have tested positive for COVID-19

Fearing the cops

The simple fact is that, however harsh and violent the militarised police in the United States may be, any Indian knows that our reality is much worse

Devika Balakrishnan & Brajabandhu Rana matter

We suffer our own domestic Donald Trumps; we mourn our own George Floyds

Letter to BS: Despite heavy workload, police perform duties sans complaints

Besides investigation, the officers have to look into law and order, bandobast duties, manage patrolling duties amo­ng other things.

Amid anti-China sentiments, police use TikTok to spread Covid-19 awareness

Besides Covid-related information, the Bengaluru police has used TikTok to highlight issues related to women's safety and online frauds.

Police is overstaffed, well paid but lacks basic equipment for the job

India's police strength ex­ceeds China, a totalitarian state with a larger population, or large countries like USA and Russia

How the police are enforcing the lockdown with iron fist and velvet glove

The coronavirus crisis has presented police across Indian states an opportunity to enhance their presence and impact on social media.

Over 500,000 police posts vacant; women less than 9% of total force: Report

There were over five lakh vacant posts across the country in the police force, while women constituted less than 9 per cent of the total personnel working by 2019, a new government data stated on Wednesday. The total sanctioned police force was 25,95,435 while the actual strength was 20,67,270 and 5,28,165 vacant posts, said the annual data obtained and prepared by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), which works under the Union Home Ministry. Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday released the 'Data on Police Organisations as on January 1, 2019' in the presence of BPR&D Director V S K Kaumudi. According to the data, the strength of women in police force was 1,85,696, that is 8.98 per cent of the total force. The number of women personnel increased by 9.25 per cent over the previous year, it stated. 1,50,690 new personnel were recruited in police in 2018, the BPR&D data showed. The total sanctioned strength of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) by ...

Four pillars of Indian justice system miss one major force- Women

The India Justice Report by Tata Trusts released on November 7, 2019, finds women poorly represented, accounting for 7 per cent of the police 10 per cent of prison staff

Bar Council calls Delhi police protest politically motivated, demands probe

The apex bar body alleged that the policemen remained "absent from duty, shouted slogans, used filthy language" and threatened to "smash and kill lawyers" openly.

Police vs lawyers: Angry cops lay siege to HQ, back out after assurances

Police should behave like a 'disciplined force', says police commissioner

PM Modi recalls valour of police personnel on National Police Day

On this day in 1959, 10 police personnel were killed in a Chinese attack and the commemoration day is observed to mark the incident. Then police used to guard the border with China

Will ensure good working environment, health for police personnel: Shah

The minister said the police is doing an onerous task as against the benchmark 222 personnel for 1 lakh citizens, only 144 are present on the ground

Spending on police by states improves after several years, but gaps remain

Most of the outlay is towards salary and housing; ammunition remains neglected to the point that personnel have very little to fight crime

MHA to train 27,500 police to fight blue whale challenge, other cybercrimes

Also issued an advisory on steps to check phone frauds to all state governments and UT administrations