Punjab Police (India) Explained

Punjab Police (India) should not be confused with Punjab Police (Pakistan).

Agencyname:Punjab Police
Abbreviation:PP
Patch:Logo of Punjab Police (India).webp
Patchcaption:Emblem of the Punjab Police
Formedyear:1861
Mottotranslated:"May I never ever shirk from doing good deeds"
Employees:80,000[1]
Budget: (2024–25 est.)[2]
Country:India
Countryabbr:IN
Divtype:State
Divname:Punjab
Map:IN-PB.svg
Governingbody:Government of Punjab (India)
Police:yes
Local:yes
Minister1name:Bhagwant Mann
Minister1pfo:Ministry of Home Affairs
Chief1name:Gaurav Yadav (IPS)
Chief1position:Director General of Police Chairman of the Punjab Police
Chief2name:Sanjeev Kalra (IPS)
Chief2position:Director General of Police Home Guard
Chief3name:Gaurav Yadav (IPS)
Chief3position:Director General of Police Special Administration
Chief4name:Prabodh Kumar (IPS)
Chief4position:Director General of Police Human Rights Commission
Chief5name:S Parmar (IPS), Legal Division of the Punjab Police
Chief5position:Human Rights Commission Special Administration Special Operations
Vehicles1:3,080
Anniversary1:21 October
Website:punjabpolice.gov.in

The Punjab Police (abbreviated as PP) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the state of Punjab, India. The Punjab Police has a broad array of specialised services, including the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of the Constitution of India.Its headquarters are located at Jan Marg, Chandigarh. On 7 September 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs.[3] The present DGP of the Punjab Police is Gaurav Yadav.[4] [5] He is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1992 batch.

History

After the Indian independence, the Punjab police was initially responsible for the protection of the Indo-Pakistan border as well as the Indo-Chinese borders before the BSF and ITBP were created.[6]

Rapid Rural Police Response System

Punjab is the first state of India to have a Rapid Rural Police Response System which provides City PCR-like response service in rural areas.[7] As the Punjab Police adopted the Computer-Aided-Dispatch (CAD) system for Dial 100 system, 289 four-wheelers and 724 GPS fitted motorcycles are being used.[8] [9]

Punjab Highway Patrol

The Punjab Police has a global positioning system (GPS) tracker and a vehicle registration search device, equipped with highway patrol vehicles.[10]

Crime Investigation Agency

The Crime Investigation Agency or CIA staff is a special branch of the Punjab Police. The crucial or unsolved criminal cases like smuggling, kidnapping, narcotics, terrorism and murder are handed over to them. This branch of the police is known for its ways of interrogating the culprit who committed the crime.

Night policing scheme

Punjab is the first state in the country to launch a night policing scheme with an independent cadre, command and structure of a 4,000 strong police force[11] for prevention of offences at night time.[12]

Punjab Bureau of Investigation

The Punjab Bureau of Investigation was set up in 2019 with 4521 dedicated new posts.[13] [14] [15] Punjab is the first state of India to form a Bureau of Investigation, and separated law and order duties from investigation functions by bringing all investigation staff of 7,772 under a unified wing command.[16] [17]

The Bureau of Investigation investigates civil and criminal cases registered at various police stations[18] and is equipped with:

Training centres

Khelan

Armed battalions

The headquarters of the Punjab Armed Police are located at Jalandhar while the India Reserve Battalions are stationed at Sangrur, Amritsar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Jalandhar and the Punjab Commando Police at Bahadurgarh (Patiala) and S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali).

Weapons and equipment

The Punjab Police was equipped with the .303 rifles, AK-47, AK-56 and 561 Sten guns, but modernisation with advanced weapons is now taking place.[20]

Vehicles

The Punjab Police has 3083 vehicles[21] and patrol cars like the Mahindra Scorpio Getaways[22] [23] and Maruti Gypsys.[24] The PP also has motorcycles equipped with GPS and multi-utility vehicles equipped with GPS and CCTV cameras.[25]

Cyber Crime Cell Punjab

The Punjab Police has a dedicated cybercrime cell to deal with cybercrime in the state headed by an ADGP-ranked police officer, having an office in Phase 4, S.A.S Nagar.

Punjab SWAT

See main article: Punjab Police SWAT Team. The Punjab Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team was formed in 2010.[26] [27] The officers are usually tasked with protection duties.[28] They are highly trained on the lines of the National Security Guard by Israel's Mossad[29] through private company Athena Security, deployed by the Punjab Government.[30] All the commandos are under 28 years of age, thus making them fit and capable of tasks meant for commandos. Their main work is to fight against any terrorist attack if it occurs in Punjab. They have been trained exclusively in Krav Maga, room intervention, close and open techniques and other secret tactics.[31]

The SWAT is provided with various state-of-the-art equipment and the latest technology.[32] The teams are provided with:

Weapons

Major operation

The Punjab SWAT handled counter-terrorism operation at Dina Nagar[33] Police Station in a 2015 Gurdaspur attack[34] [35] by killing all three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.[36]

Commemoration Day

Every year, 21 October is celebrated as Commemoration Day by the Punjab Police.[37]

Hierarchy

Officers

Sub-ordinates

In popular culture

Members of the Punjab Police have been frequently portrayed in films. Some of the prominent ones are:

Punjabi films

Hindi films

Sporting division

See main article: Punjab Police FC.

Praise

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of India praised the Punjab Police saying,

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Punjab has over 70,000 policemen.
  2. Web site: Punjab Budget Analysis 2024-25. 2024. prsindia.org.
  3. Web site: Punjab . Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre . 8 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010150641/http://m.oifc.in/Our-Partners/State-Partners/Punjab . 10 October 2011 .
  4. Web site: 2022-07-05 . Punjab: Bhagwant Mann picks Gaurav Yadav as officiating DGP — 5th police chief in 10 months . 2023-03-03 . The Indian Express . en.
  5. Web site: Punjab Police, India . 13 November 2017 . 29 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180129185318/http://punjabpolice.gov.in/dgp_message.aspx . dead .
  6. Web site: Tribune Chandigarh .
  7. Web site: Punjab to be the first state to have 'rapid rural police response system', Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines . OdishaDiary . 30 July 2012 . 30 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061806/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=35508 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
  8. Web site: Punjab set to launch new rural policing system . The Hindu . 2012-08-30 . 2015-07-30.
  9. Web site: Rapid Rural Police Response System finalised . The Pioneer . 30 December 2014 . 30 July 2015.
  10. Web site: Dua . Rohan . Punjab introduces GPS-enabled highway patrol vehicles . The Times of India . 2013-07-15 . 2015-07-30.
  11. Web site: India . 4,000-strong force to police Punjab at night . The Indian Express . 2013-07-15 . 2015-07-30.
  12. News: Indo-Asian News Service. Punjab launches night policing . Business Standard India . 2013-07-14 . 2015-07-30.
  13. Web site: Soon, Punjab to get separate investigation, law and order police wings in all districts. 2019-08-01. The Indian Express. en-IN. 2019-08-08.
  14. Web site: Explained: What is the Punjab Bureau of Investigation?. 2019-07-31. The Indian Express. en-IN. 2019-08-08.
  15. Web site: Acting on SC order, Punjab creates 4,521 posts for Bureau of Investigation . The Tribune . 2019-02-08 . 2019-08-08.
  16. Web site: Finally, investigation bureau takes shape . The Tribune . 2019-04-11 . 2019-08-08.
  17. Web site: Bajwa . Harpreet . Punjab Sets up Bureau of Investigation . The New Indian Express . 2015-03-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151127022906/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/Punjab-Sets-up-Bureau-of-Investigation/2015/03/05/article2698595.ece . dead . 27 November 2015 . 2015-07-30.
  18. Web site: Punjab Govt separates investigation from law and order . The Pioneer . 2015-03-05 . 2015-07-30.
  19. Web site: The Punjab Police gets separate wing to speed up investigations . hindustantimes.com . 2015-03-04 . 2015-07-30 . 4 August 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150804082245/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/investigation-law-and-order-duties-to-be-separate-in-punjab/article1-1323070.aspx . dead .
  20. Web site: Service . Tribune News . Punjab cops equipped with useless arms: CAG . tribuneindia.com . 30 July 2015 . 30 July 2015.
  21. Web site: punjab police is getting problem due to vehicle scarcity . www.patrika.com . 15 February 2015 . hi . 30 July 2015 .
  22. Web site: Punjab Police adds 150 Scorpio Getaways to its fleet . IIFL - BSE/NSE, India Stock Market Recommendations, Live Stock Markets, Sensex/Nifty, Commodity Market, Financial News, Mutual Funds . 2010-09-24 . 2015-07-30.
  23. Web site: Basu . Rahul . Punjab Police armoured with 30 new Scorpio Getaways . Zigwheels.com . 2010-09-24 . 2015-07-30.
  24. Web site: Punjab Police Gypsy 'hits' youth, speeds away . hindustantimes.com . 4 June 2013 . 30 July 2015 .
  25. Web site: Punjab police to get GPS bikes, CCTV-fitted cars soon . daily.bhaskar.com . 2012-08-02 . 2015-07-30.
  26. News: Israeli trainers for SWAT teams of Punjab Police.
  27. News: Family of Punjab SWAT firing victim awaits justice.
  28. News: Punjab had formed this SWAT team in 2011 after regular threats on Punjab politicians.
  29. News: The 28 Punjab commandos involved in Monday's operation were also trained by Mossad..
  30. News: The state government had deployed a private company, Athena Security, to get the team trained through Israeli experts spending Rs 1.5 crore on the training.. 22 August 2020. 17 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917044800/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/gurdaspur-attack-courage-luck-saw-punjab-police-through/article1-1374091.aspx. dead.
  31. News: Gurdaspur attack: Punjab Police SWAT team bang on target. 29 July 2015. 31 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150731225731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/gurdaspur-attack-punjab-police-swat-team-bang-on-target/article1-1374194.aspx. dead.
  32. News: Punjab Now Has Its Own SWAT.
  33. News: The SWAT team deployed in Dinanagar was involved in an exercise at Amritsar and therefore could be deployed in Gurdaspur immediately.
  34. News: How Punjab's new heroes stared death in the face and came back laughing.
  35. News: Gurdaspur attack: Punjab's SWAT team's creation bears fruit.
  36. News: Lashkar-e-Taiba behind Gurdaspur terror attack, confirms MHA.
  37. http://punjabpolice.gov.in/comorationday.aspx Police Commemoration Day
  38. Web site: Watch: Babbu Maan in Baaz . The Times of India . 5 November 2014 . 30 July 2015.

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