Abbreviation P.P. Employees 70000 | Formed 1861 Annual budget ₹4,600 crore | |
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") Legal personality Governmental: Government agency | ||
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.
Contents
- History
- Rapid Rural Police Response System
- Punjab Highway Patrol
- Night Policing Scheme
- Bureau of Investigation
- Training centres
- Armed Battalions
- Weapons and Equipments
- Vehicles
- Punjab SWAT
- Major operation
- Commemoration Day
- Punjab police in popular culture
- Punjabi Films
- Hindi Films
- Praise
- References
On September 7, 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs.
History
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.
Rapid Rural Police Response System
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 Highway Patrol
Punjab Police have global positioning system (GPS) tracker and vehicle registration search device equipped highway patrol vehicles.
Night Policing Scheme
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.
Bureau of Investigation
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:
Training centres
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.
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 Equipments
PP was equipped with .303 rifles, .410 Muskets,561 Sten Guns but now modernisation with Advanced weapons taking place.
Vehicles
Punjab Police have 3083 vehicles and patrol cars like Mahindra Scorpio Getaways and Maruti Gypsys. PP also have motorcycles equipped with GPS and Multi Utility Vehicles equipped with GPS and CCTV cameras.
Punjab SWAT
Punjab Police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) was formed in 2010. They are usually tasked with protection duties. They are highly trained on the lines of National Security Guard by Israel's Mossad through private company Athena Security, deployed by the Punjab Government. 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 State. They have been trained exclusively in Krav Maga, room intervention, close and open techniques and other secret tactics.
The SWAT is provided with various state-of-art equipment and the latest technology. The teams are provided with:
Weapons
Major operation
Punjab SWAT very efficiently handled counter-terrorism operation at Dina Nagar Police Station in 2015 Gurdaspur attack by killing all 3 suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.
Commemoration Day
Every year, 21 October is celebrated as Commemoration Day by Punjab Police.
Punjab police in popular culture
Punjab police has been frequently portrayed in films. Some of the prominent ones are listed below:
Punjabi Films
Hindi Films
Praise
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of India praised Punjab Police saying,
I know the difficulties and disaster which overtook the Punjab Police during the period of partition. Your force was depleted terribly and quickly you had to begin from a scratch. After such a partition and the period of communal disturbances a parallel of which is not known, you had to face great difficulties and you have in fact performed miracle in reorganizing your force in such a short time and in such a splendid manner