Armed Police West Bengal

Armed Police force in West Bengal

Extract from Bengal Police regulation

Establishments.

658. Police cadres. [§ 12, Act V, 1861]. – (a) The strength and distribution of the Indian Police and of the Bengal Police Service cadres shall be shown in the “Gradation List of Police Officers in Bengal” which is published periodically.
(b) The cadres for Inspectors, of all branches, and for Sergeants shall be shown on a provincial basis in separate parts of a gradation list which is printed in April each year and maintained up to date in the office of the Inspector-General.

(c) The cadre for Sub-Inspectors of the Criminal Investigation Department and of the Intelligence Branch shall be shown in a gradation list printed in April each year and maintained by the Deputy Inspector-General, Criminal Investigation Department and Intelligence Branch.

(d) There shall be in each Range a cadre for Sub-Inspectors, in all branches of the District and Railway Police, serving in the districts within it: this cadre will be shown in a gradation list which shall be printed in April each year and maintained up to date in the office of the Deputy Inspector-General.

(e) There shall be for each district separate cadres for (i) Sub-Inspectors, (ii) Assistant Sub-Inspectors, (iii) head constables, (iv) naiks and (v) constables, both of the Unarmed Police and of the Special Armed Force, which shall be shown in the district gradation list maintained under regulation 913.

659. District Police establishments. [§ 12, Act V, 1861]. – (a) The police establishment of each district is based on a calculation of the actual number of officers required for every duty for which proper authority exists together with a casualty reserve as explained below.
(b) When transferring Sub-Inspectors from one district to another within the Range the Deputy Inspector-General shall see that proportionate numbers of senior and junior officers are kept in each district.

(c) The numbers of officers of different ranks in each district, whether of the Unarmed Police or of the Special Armed Force, who are assigned to the various duties for which proper authority exists, shall be shown in allotment statements which are prepared in the office of the Inspector-General and printed periodically. All changes shall be noted in these statements by the Superintendent concerned as soon as he is informed of them.