Police Force

Trump signs order on police reforms after meeting victims' families

Trump said Tuesday the order would leverage federal funding to help stop the use of choke holds nationwide, except when an officer's life is at risk

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

87 more police personnel test positive for Covid-19 in Maharashtra

Out of the total 1,758 infected policemen, 18 have died due to the infection and 673 have recovered so far

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 ...

BPSSC police vacancies: Date extended to Sep 28, apply on bpssc.bih.nic.in

Candidates who were unable to apply for BPPSC police recruitment vacancies could apply on bpssc.bih.nic.in till September 28

Lynching becomes heart attack, victim pays not rapist in police-neta raj

The police-politician nexus isn't new. But it has worsened dramatically and IPS has now lost its moral and professional centre of gravity

RPSC SI result 2019 declared on rpsc.rajasthan.gov.in: Get direct link here

RPSC SI result declared: A total of 11,346 candidates qualified the exam and are eligible to appear for the physical efficiency test

Bihar police 2019 vacancy: Apply for 2,446 SI, Sergeant and ASJ posts today

Bihar Police Recruitment 2019: Candidates can apply from today on the official website bpssc.bih.nic.in

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

Police forces short of 443,000 personnel: Government tells Rajya Sabha

The vacancies in the service are caused to factors such as retirement, resignation, death, removal from service etc, Hansraj Ahir said

5 lakh posts vacant in police forces

There are 1,12,554 sanctioned posts in Bihar Police, of which around 30,300 are lying vacant

Story in numbers: More law and order challenges, fewer cops equal growing crisis?

India has serious shortages in its police force. Despite funds being made available for police modernisation, several states are unable to utilise this money fully. The result is deepening hollowness in the police forces. Police and public order are state subjects. The cumulative shortfall in police forces across the country is a staggering 542,986 personnel.