Bihar Police
Bihar Police Department | |
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A Voyage of Excellence A Voyage of Excellence | |
Abbreviation | BP |
Motto | उत्कृष्टता की यात्रा A Voyage of Excellence |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1935 |
Annual budget | ₹9,286 crore (US$1.1 billion) (2019-20 est.) [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 | |
Headquarters | Sardar Patel Bhavan,Bailey Road, Patna |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive | |
Website | |
biharpolice.bih.nic.in |
The Bihar Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Bihar, India. Present DGP of Bihar Police is Gupteshwar Pandey since January 31, 2019. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch.
Organizational structure
Bihar Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Bihar. The Bihar Police is headed by a Director General of Police (DGP;). The state is divided into 12 ranges . Each range commanded by an Additional Director General ( ADGP; IPS officer) or an Inspector-General (IG; IPS) or a Deputy Inspector-General (DIG; Some Time promoted from State pcs qualifier and generally Central officer IPS upsc qualifier control this Post). Within each range are anywhere from three to six districts, each under a Superintendent of Police. Patna is under a Senior Superintendent of Police.[2]
Hierarchy
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
Ladli Cops
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.[3]
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.
- Wooden Baton
- Pistol Auto 9mm 1A [4]
- 9mm SAF Carbine 1A1 [5]
- 7.62 mm Ishapore 2A1 Rifle
- RFI L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle [6]
- AK 47/ AKM [7]
- INSAS Rifle [8]
- Heckler and Koch MP5 (CM Security) [9]
See also
References
- ^ "Bihar Budget Analysis 2019-20" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2019.
- ^ Bihar Police Organisation
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Pistol Auto 9mm 1A".
- ^ "OFB Submachine Carbine".
- ^ "OFB Rifle 1A1".
- ^ "OFB Assault Rifle 7.62mm".
- ^ "OFB INSAS".
- ^ "PSO carrying MP5". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.