BPRD releases data on police Organisations

Source: The Indian Express

News: Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) has released data on police organisations.

Facts:

• The data shows different aspects of policing in the country like woman police, police expenditure, constabulary ratio, transport facilities, communication facilities, representation of various castes and police training centres.

Key Takeaways:

• Police Population Ratio: According to report, Population Per Police Person is 511.81, that is one policeman for every 511.81 persons and 3.9 policemen for each VIP. Bihar had the worst ratio with one policeman for 867.57 persons.
• VIP Protection: As many as 66,043 policemen were deployed to protect 19,467 Ministers, Members of Parliament, judges, bureaucrats and other personalities in 2019 compared to 63,061 policemen for similar duty in 2018.
  • The highest number of persons who received police protection in 2019 were in West Bengal — 3,142 followed by Punjab (2,594), Bihar (2,347), Haryana (1,355) and Jharkhand (1,351).
• The Backward Classes, Dalits and Tribals constitute almost 67% of India’s population but their representation in police forces in the country is only at 51%.
• Scheduled Tribes form 8.6% of the population and have 12% representation in the police forces, placing them at a comparatively better position.
• Dalits represent 14% of all positions in police forces across the country. According to Census 2011, Dalits make up 16.6% of India’s population.
• Other Backward Classes(OBCs) fare the worst on the representation front as, despite their 41% share in the population, they constitute only 25% of the police forces.
• Women continue to be represented poorly.It is reflected in the women population per woman police ratio which stands at 3,026 nationally
  • However, their situation has improved considerably over the past five years. Since 2014, when the actual strength of women in police forces stood at around 1.11 lakh, their representation has almost doubled to 2.15 lakh.

Additional Facts:

• BPR&D: It was established in 1970 with the objective of modernisation of police forces. It functions under the aegis of Union Home Ministry
• BPR&D replaced Police Research and Advisory Council formed in 1966.
• Purpose: It is a nodal national police organisation to study, research and develop on subjects and issues related to policing.
• In 2008, the Government further decided to create the National Police Mission (NPM) under the administrative control of BPR&D
• Headquarters: New Delhi.