Bihar Police

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Bihar Police Department
A Voyage of Excellence
A Voyage of Excellence
AbbreviationBP
Mottoउत्कृष्टता की यात्रा
A Voyage of Excellence
Agency overview
Formed1935
Annual budget₹10,021 crore (US$1.4 billion) (2020-21 est.) [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBihar, IN
India Bihar locator map.svg
Map of Bihar State Police jurisdiction.
Governing bodyBihar Government
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersSardar Patel Bhavan,Bailey Road, Patna
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Child agencies
Facilities
Patrol carsMaruti Gypsy
Website
biharpolice.bih.nic.in

The Bihar Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Bihar, India, with its headquarters in Patna. It has a sanctioned strength of 111,000 personnel, and as of 2017, employs 77,000 personnel.[2] The annual Budgeted Estimate (BE) for Bihar Police for the year 2020-21 is ₹10,021 crore (US$1.4 billion), of which ₹145 crore (US$20 million) has been allocated to Police Modernization.[3]

The present DGP of Bihar Police is SK Singhal, who is an IPS officer of 1988 batch.

History[edit]

There are historical evidences of adoption of intensive policing practices in the Magadh empire more than 2,000 years ago, where the head of police was known as Dandapala. His main role was to maintain law and order in the society, while implementing harsh injunctions of Arthashastra to collect tax and suppress rebellion.

Modern policing in Bihar started in 1862 under the provisions of the Indian Police Act 1861. After Bihar was carved out as an independent province in 1912 from Bengal, the basic structure of Police was created as it exists today. It's major reorganization Several pre-eminent police officers adorned pre-independent Bihar Police Force. These include Mr. Walter Swain of Swain Beat system fame, Shri AK Sinha, the first Indian to become an IGP of any province, Shri BN Mullick, the second director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Khan Bahadur Azizul Haque, credited with the primary development of the famous ‘1024 pigeon holes’ cabinet system eventually named after his supervisor, Sir Edward Richard Henry.[4]

Post independence, Bihar Police led innovative policing measures, such as creation of a Police Welfare fund, Police Hospitals and Police Information Room (PIR) in 1952. Bihar Policemen’s Association, which looks after the interests of policemen, was one of the first police welfare associations in all of India in 1967. A Police Commission was also set up in 1958, whose mandate was to bring the police closer to the people.[4]

Organizational structure[edit]

Bihar Police comes under the direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Bihar. It has six divisions under the organizational structure, namely, Human Resource Development and Training Division (TRG), Law & Order Division (L & O), Establishment and Legal Division, Personnel and Welfare Division, Headquarter (DGP Office) and Budget Division (HQRT), and Modernization, Crime Records and Provision Division (SCRB &Mod). These are headed by four Additional Director General (ADGP), where ADGP (HQRT) has an additional charge of Welfare division, and ADGP (L & O) with that of Establishment and Legal Division.[4] The Training division is headed by DGP (Training), while the latter five are headed by Director General (DGP).

For geographic workload distribution, the state is divided into 12 ranges, each range consisting of three to six districts. The central range (Patna and Nalanda), Gaya range (Gaya, Aurangabad, Nawada, Jehanabad and Arwal), Tirhut range (Muzaffarpur, Vaishali, Sheohar and Sitamarhi), Mithila range (Darbhanga, Madhubani and Samsatipur), and Purnia range (Purnia, Kishanganj, Katihar and Araria) are headed by IG rank officers, while other ranges are headed by DIG rank officers. Each district is commanded by a Superintendent of Police (SP), where as Patna is under a Senior Superintendent of Police.[4]

Earlier, the state also had a zonal division into four police zones. Introduced in 1982, each zone consisted of two to four ranges, and was headed by an IG level officer. This system was abolished in 2019, and only rail police zone continues to exist.[5]

Hierarchy[edit]

Officers

  • Director General of Police (DGP)
  • Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)
  • Inspector General of Police (IG)
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
  • Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
  • Superintendent of Police (SP)
  • Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP)
  • Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP)

Sub-ordinates

  • Inspector of Police
  • Sub-Inspector of Police
  • Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police
  • Head Constable
  • Senior Constable
  • Constable

Notable Initiatives[edit]

Ladli Cops[edit]

An initiative in Community Policing for safety of Women. The CID Branch of Bihar Police under the Leadership of Alok Raj (IPS) ADG in association with Mr. Roushan Kumar and Dr. Suman Lal founders Ladli Foundation came up with the concept of having Women Community Police to provide a safe and secure atmosphere to the inhabitants. Also to make women become familiar with Police and deeply understand the police system to invoke their taboo to interact with police station/ policemen. For this initiative, volunteer from girls studying in different colleges of Patna were identified and trained. Each of these girls were provided with ID Cards authorised by Bihar Police and are called Ladli Cops.[6]

Equipment[edit]

All the equipment of the Bihar Police are manufactured indigenously by the Indian Ordnance Factories controlled by the Ordnance Factories Board, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bihar Budget Analysis 2021-22".
  2. ↑ Apr 10, Debashish Karmakar / TNN / Updated; 2017; Ist, 07:29. "Bihar ranks 33rd in police-public ratio, Jharkhand better | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Bihar Budget Analysis 2020-21". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "BIHAR POLICE". biharpolice.bih.nic.in. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Aug 17, TNN /; 2019; Ist, 10:41. "Government dissolves all four police zones in Bihar | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ↑ "An initiative in community policing" (PDF). biharpolice.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Pistol Auto 9mm 1A".
  8. ↑ "OFB Submachine Carbine".
  9. ↑ "OFB Rifle 1A1".
  10. ↑ "OFB Assault Rifle 7.62mm".
  11. ↑ "OFB INSAS".
  12. ↑ "PSO carrying MP5". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

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