About:
The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) has been publishing the “Data on Police Organizations (DoPO)” annually since 1986. The salient features of the “DoPO as on 1.01.2019” are as under:
- Total Sanctioned Police Force (Civil + DAR+ Spl. Armed): 25,95,435
- Total Actual Police Force (Civil + DAR+ Spl. Armed): 20,67,270
- Vacancy: 5,28,165
- Strength of Women Police Force (Civil + DAR+Spl. Armed)/ Percentage: 1,85,696/8.98%
- Percentage increase of Women Police over previous year: 9.52%
- Strength of Women Police in CAPFs/ Percentage: 29,532/ 2.95%
- Population Per Police person (PPP) - Sanctioned: 503.40
- Population Per Police person (PPP) - Actual: 632.02
- Police Population Ratio (Per Lakh) (PPR) - Sanctioned: 198.65
- Police Population Ratio (Per Lakh) (PPR) - Actual: 158.22
- Number of Police Districts: 777
- Number of Police Commissionerates: 63
