(The Gist of PIB) Bureau of Police Research and Development releases Data on Police Organizations

(THE GIST OF PIB) Bureau of Police Research and Development releases Data on Police Organizations

[January-2021]

Bureau of Police Research and Development releases Data on Police Organizations

  • The Bureau of Police Research and Development released Data on Police Organizations.

Key data on Police Organizations:

  • India’s actual Police-population ratio (number of police personnel per lakh of population) is 195.39 and there are only 20,91,488 police personnel actually in service against the sanctioned strength of 26,23,225.
  • United Nations (UN) recommended standard is 222 police per lakh persons.
  • More than 5.31 lakh posts in different state police forces and 1.27 lakh posts in CAPF are lying vacant.
  • A high percentage of vacancies within the police forces exacerbates an existing problem of overburdened police personnel.
  • Women in police: It is just 10.30% of the total police force and only 2.98% of the total strength in Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). There has been a 16.05% increase of women police over previous year.
  • According to the UN, women police officers correlates positively with reporting of sexual assault.
  • This skewed ratio leads to impediments in effective implementation of the legislations on crimes against women.
  • Bureau of Police Research and Development, under Ministry of Home Affairs, is mandated to
  • 1. promote excellence in policing,
  • 2. promote speedy and systematic study of police problems,
  • 3. apply science and technology in method and techniques by Police.

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