Punjab Police (India)
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Punjab Police ਪੰਜਾਬ ਪੁਲਿਸ |
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| Abbreviation | P.P. | ||||
| Motto | ਸ਼ੁਭ ਕਰਮਨ ਤੇ ਕਬਹੁੰ ਨਾ ਟਰੋਂ "Shubh karman te kabhun nan taron" (Punjabi in Gurumukhi Script:"Let me never deviate from doing a righteous deed" - Lyrics from a poem by Sri Guru Gobind Singh ji Maharaj, 10th Patshahi") |
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| Agency overview | |||||
| Formed | 1861 | ||||
| Employees | 70000 | ||||
| Annual budget | ₹4,600 crore | ||||
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
| Jurisdictional structure | |||||
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Punjab, India | ||||
| Primary governing body | Government of Punjab (India) | ||||
| Secondary governing body | P.P.R. 1934 | ||||
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| Headquarters | Chandigarh | ||||
| Sworn members | “To learn what is good, a thousand days are not sufficient; to learn what is evil, an hour is too long.” | ||||
| Agency executive | Suresh Arora, Director General of Police | ||||
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| Motorcycle, Jeep, Cars, Buses, Trucks | 3083 | ||||
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| Website | |||||
| punjabpolice.gov.in | |||||
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |||||
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| Anniversary | 21 October |
The Punjab Police is responsible for law enforcement in the state of Punjab, India. The mission of Punjab Police is the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of the Constitution of India. The current chief of Punjab Police is Suresh Arora.
On September 7, 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs.
After Independence of India, Punjab police was responsible for protection of Indo-Pak as well as Indo-Chinese border before BSF and ITBP were raised.
Punjab to be the first state of India to have Rapid Rural Police Response System which provides City PCR-like response service in rural areas. As Punjab Police adopted Computer-Aided-Dispatch (CAD) system for Dial 100 system, 289 four-wheelers and 724 GPS fitted motorcycles are being used.
Punjab Police have global positioning system (GPS) tracker and vehicle registration search device equipped highway patrol vehicles.
Punjab is first state in the country to launch Night policing scheme with independent cadre, command and structure of 4,000 strong police force for prevention of offences at night time.
Punjab is the first State of India that have formed Bureau of Investigation and separated law & order duties from investigation functions by bringing all investigation staff of 7,772 under a unified wing command. The Bureau of Investigation would conduct investigation into civil and criminal cases registered at various police stations and is equipped with:
Police Recruits Training Centre (PRTC) is located at Jahan Khelan, which is about 10 km from Hoshiarpur on the Una road. PRTC Jahan Khelan is headed by a Commandant. This is a subsidiary training centre of the Punjab Police Academy. It caters to the teaching and training needs of the newly recruited police constables and also organizes several other courses. It is the oldest and premier police training centre of Northern area and is functioning in this campus since November 1947 after shifting from fort Gobindgarh, Amritsar.
Punjab Police has a commando training centre at Fort Bahadurgarh in Patiala.
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).
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