Bihar Police

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.

Bihar Police Department
A Voyage of Excellence
Mottoउत्कृष्टता की यात्रा
Agency overview
Formed1935
Annual budget₹9,286 crore (US$1.3 billion) (2019-20 est.) [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionBihar, IN
Map of Bihar State Police jurisdiction.
Governing bodyBihar Government
General nature
HeadquartersSardar Patel Bhavan,Bailey Road, Patna
Elected officer responsible
Agency executive
Website
biharpolice.bih.nic.in

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 (IGP; IPS) or a Deputy Inspector-General (DIGP; Some Time pramoted 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
  • Inspector General of Police (IGP)
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police
  • Senior Superintendent of Police
  • Superintendent of Police (SP)
  • Additional Superintendent of Police
  • Assistant SP (IPS) or Deputy SP (BPS)

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.

See also

References
  1. "Bihar Budget Analysis 2019-20" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2019.
  2. Bihar Police Organisation
  4. "Pistol Auto 9mm 1A".
  5. "OFB Submachine Carbine".
  6. "OFB Rifle 1A1".
  7. "OFB Assault Rifle 7.62mm".
  8. "OFB INSAS".
  9. "PSO carrying MP5". Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[1]

  1. http://biharpolice.bih.nic.in/news/adgl&o.pdf
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