Bihar Police

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Bihar Police
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Common nameBihar Police
AbbreviationBP
Mottoउत्कृष्टता की यात्रा
A Voyage of Excellence
Agency overview
Formed1935
Annual budget₹12,353 crore (US$1.5 billion) (2023-24) [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Bihar, IN
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Map of Bihar State Police Jurisdiction.
Governing body Bihar Government
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersSardar Patel Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Child agency
Website
https://police.bihar.gov.in

The Bihar Police 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. [3] [4]

Contents

The present DGP of Bihar Police is R. S. Bhatti, an IPS officer of 1990 batch. [2]

History

There is historical evidence of the 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 taxes and suppress rebellions.

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. After its major reorganization several pre-eminent police officers adorned pre-independent Bihar Police Force. These included 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. [5]

Post independence, Bihar Police led innovative policing measures, such as the 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. [5] Patna Police got its new headquarter Sardar Patel Bhavan, Bailey Road in 2018. [6] The seven storied building with a helipad at the top is spread over almost 53,000 sqft area. Prior to this, police headquarter of Bihar Police was located at the old secretariat building since 1917.

Organizational structure

Bihar Police comes under the direct control of the 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. [5] 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 2 to 5 districts. The central range (Patna), Magadh range (Gaya), Tirhut range (Muzaffarpur), Mithila range (Darbhanga) and Purnia range are headed by IG rank officers, while other seven 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. [5]

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. [7]

List of ranges

List of 12 Police Ranges and Police Districts in Bihar is as follows:

Sr NoPolice RangePolice Districts
1.Begusarai rangeBegusarai & Khagaria
2.Champaran rangeEast Champaran, West Champaran & Bagaha
3.Eastern rangeBhagalpur, Banka & Naugachhia
4.Central range Patna & Nalanda
5.Mithila rangeDarbhanga, Madhubani & Samastipur
6.Munger rangeJamui, Lakhisarai, Munger & Sheikhpura
7.Magadh rangeArwal, Aurangabad, Jehanabad, Nawada & Gaya
8.Purnia rangeAraria, Katihar, Kishanganj & Purnia
9.Kosi rangeMadhepura, Saharsa & Supaul
10.Saran rangeSaran, Siwan & Gopalganj
11.Shahabad rangeBhojpur, Buxar, Kaimur & Rohtas
12.Tirhut rangeMuzaffarpur, Sheohar, Sitamarhi & Vaishali

Hierarchy

Officers

Sub-ordinates

Notable Initiatives

Ladli Cops

An initiative in Community Policing for the 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. [8]

Equipment

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bihar Budget Analysis 2023-24". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Senior IPS Rajwinder Singh Bhatti appointed new Bihar DGP". Zee News. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Debashish Karmakar (10 April 2017). "Bihar ranks 33rd in police-public ratio, Jharkhand better | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bihar Budget Analysis 2020-21". PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "BIHAR POLICE". biharpolice.bih.nic.in. 17 June 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Patna police gets new headquarter after 100 years".
  7. ↑ 17 Aug 2019. "Government dissolves all four police zones in Bihar | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 17 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "An initiative in community policing" (PDF). biharpolice.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Pistol Auto 9mm 1A".
  10. ↑ "OFB Submachine Carbine".
  11. ↑ "OFB Rifle 1A1".
  12. ↑ "OFB Assault Rifle 7.62mm".
  13. ↑ "OFB INSAS".
  14. ↑ "PSO carrying MP5". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

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See also

  1. ↑ "Senior IPS Rajwinder Singh Bhatti appointed new Bihar DGP". Zee News. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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