THE KERALA POLICE MANUAL 1969 - Vol. 1 - ORGANISATION - AND PERSONNEL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

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The Kerala Police Manual 1969 (Volume I) provides standing-order guidance for organization and personnel within the Kerala Police Department. It explains the chain of command from the Inspector General of Police down through Deputy Inspectors General, ranges, districts, and sub-divisions, including the roles of circle inspectors, sub-inspectors, head constables, and constables. It also describes specialized structures such as the District Armed Reserve, Railway Police District, and City Police organization, including law-and-order and crime-branch responsibilities. The preface frames how statutory and government orders supersede manual provisions.

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CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages1450

Reading Time60 h 54 min

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PREFACE

CHAPTER I - ORGANISATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT

1. General control and command structure

2. Ranges, districts, and sub-divisions

3. Circles, police station areas, and staffing

4. District Armed Reserve

5. Railway Police Unit

6. City Police (Trivandrum and Ernakulam)

THE KERALA POLICE MANUAL 1969 (VOL. I) THE KERALA POLICE MANUAL 1969 VOLUME I ORGANIZATION Copyright Š <2007> , This help file has been generated by the freeware version of HelpNDoc PREFACE PREFACE The Standing Orders embodied in this Manual are based on the provisions of the relevant Statutes, Service Rules, Orders of Government and Departmental Orders. These constitute rules framed under the provisions of Section 16 ofthe Kerala Police Act (Act 5 of 1961) . This Manual is issued in four volumes as shown below:- Vol. I - Organisation Vol. II - Duties Vol. III - Administration Vol. IV - Investigation Hand book. The instructions in this manual are meant for the general guidance ofPolice Officers, but are not to be treated as exhaustive. Every Police Officer is responsible to discharge his duties, as due under the provisions of the Kerala Police Act. Any omission to do so shall not be excused on the ground that this manual is silent on the subject. However, disregard of the specific instructions given in this manual shall be treated as disobedience of orders. Where any provision in this Manual is based on any Statute or Service Rule or a Government Order regulating action on a particular subject, the provision ofthe Statute, Service Rules or Government Order, including additions or alterations which may be made thereto, shall be deemed to supersede the corresponding provision in the Manual. Such additions or alterations published in the Government Gozatte or in the Police Gozette, or communicated in any other appropriate manner, shall be treated as authority for the supersession of the relevant provisions of this Manual until formal amendments are issued thereto. With the issue of this Manual, the first for the Kerala State the divergencies in instructions and procedures followed under the Standing Orders ofthe Madras Police Manual in the Malabar area and of the Travancore-Cochin Police Manual in the area of the former Travancore-Cochin State will be completely removed. I acknowledge with thanks the contribution which has been made to this consummation by all Officers who have been engaged in the revision of Police Standing Orders since 1956. Any Officer who finds an error or omission in this Manual, or any difficulty in implementing its provisions, is requested to bring it to the notice ofthe Inspector-General ofPolice, Kerala. Trivandrum, M. GOPALAN, 1st Feb. 1969. Inspector-General ofPolice. Copyright Š <2007> , This help file has been generated by the freeware version of HelpNDoc CHAPTER I CHAPTER I ORGANISATION AND PERSONNEL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT 1. The Police force of the Kerala State is under the general control of the Inspector General of Police appointed by the State Government. 2. The Inspector General of Police is assisted by Deputy Inspectors General, each in charge of a Range. Another Deputy Inspector General will be in charge of Criminal Investigation work throughout the State. 3. Each Range consists of 4 or more Districts. A Superintendent of Police is in charge of each District except Trivandrum and Ernakulam and he is assisted by one or more Assistant or Deputy Superintendents commonly designated as Sub Divisional Police Officers, each in charge of a Sub Division. There are also personal Assistants to Superintendents ofpolice. 4. A Sub Division is further divided into Circles, of which Circle Inspectors are in charge, and a Circle is subdivided into Police Station areas, each of which is under a sub Inspector with Head Constables and Constables and if necessary an additional Sub Inspector to assist him. Some Police Stations have outposts attached to them, each of which is manned by a Head Constable assisted by some Constables. District Armed Reserve 5. The District Police has its own Armed Reserve consisting of Assistant Commandants (in Certain Districts), Reserve Inspectors, Reserve Sub Inspectors, Jemadars, Head Constables and Con

FAQs

What legal and order sources does the manual’s Standing Orders rely on?

The preface states that Standing Orders are based on relevant statutes, service rules, government orders, and departmental orders framed under Section 16 of the Kerala Police Act (Act 5 of 1961).

How is the Kerala Police force generally controlled and administered?

The force is under the general control of the Inspector General of Police appointed by the State Government, assisted by Deputy Inspectors General overseeing ranges and criminal investigation work.

What special units are covered in Volume I beyond regular district policing?

Volume I covers the District Armed Reserve, the Railway Police unit/district, and City Police organization for Trivandrum (including law and order divisions and crime branch responsibilities) with similar structuring referenced for Ernakulam.

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