NEW BEAT
SYSTEM BY THE KARNATAKA STATE POLICE
Karnataka
State Police has introduced 'New Beat System' with effect from 1st April,
2017 to reinforce community policing and to achieve its objective of 'Citizen
Centric Policing' in the State. Salient features of 'New Beat System' are as
follows:
1) EMPOWERING
POLICEMEN:
All the
Police Officers from the Commissioners of Police/ District Superintendents of
Police to the Police Inspector/ Police Sub-Inspector are responsible for
policing of a specific territorial jurisdiction. The Head Constables / Police
Constables who constitute more than 90% of the police strength were earlier not
assigned with any specific territorial jurisdiction. In the New Beat System,
each and every Head Constable / Police Constable in the Police Station has been
assigned with a specific jurisdiction as his/ her area of responsibility and
are known as 'Beat Police Officers'. They are now the Police officers in charge
of a specific jurisdiction.
2) DECENTRALISATION
OF POLICING:
Police
Stations presently are the smallest administrative, functional and geographical
unit of the State Police. However for proper policing there was a need for
further geographical division of police stations in both urban and rural areas.
Though earlier also 'Beats' existed in the Police Stations but all the Head
Constables and Constables were not assigned to these beats. Now all Head
Constables and Constables are assigned a beat which has become the smallest
geographical unit for policing.
3) STRENGTHENING
THE COMMUNITY POLICING:
As specific
Head Constable/ Police Constable are incharge of each Beat, therefore citizens
both in urban and rural areas can identify policeman who are specifically
incharge of policing for their jurisdiction. This policeman who is incharge of
a Beat serves as specific contact point between the citizen and the police
station.
4) CONNECTING
THE COMMUNITY WITH THE POLICE:
Each Beat is
having a number of citizens as the 'Beat Citizen Committee Members'. This
number is on an average around 30 in each Beat. This Beat Citizens Group who
are staying with the beat area maintain contact with Beat Police officers 24X7
and pass required information to him either over voice call or SMS or through
Whatsapp message by maintaining a Whatsapp group of Beat Citizens Group with
Beat Police officer.
5) MAKING
POLICING MORE EFFECTIVE
With wider participation
of public, there is more grass root level information/ intelligence available
to police and that makes policing proactive and more effective.
6) MAKING
POLICE SERVICES MORE APPROACHABLE:
Each of the
citizens in the Police Station jurisdiction shall have one Head Constable /
Police Constable as their contact point and therefore in case of any crime or
public order situation, they will have easy access to police service as they
can contact the concerned Beat Police Officer for assistance.
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