Kerala Police

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Kerala Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Kerala, India. Unlike many countries like the United States, there is no local, county or district police forces in Kerala. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Trivandrum, the state capital. The motto of the force is Mridhu bhave dhrida karma which means "Soft in Temperament, Firm in Action" in Sanskrit .

1 Branches
2 Battalions
3 See also
4 Related links

[edit] Branches

Kerala Highway Police

The Kerala Police has a general executive branch police wing, which mans the police stations in various towns and cities. There is a Crime Branch wing, which basically deals with sensational crimes or crimes which span across discricts. The Special Branch wing is the intelligence wing of the state police to deal with terrorism and anti-national activities. These two branches do not generally have uniform clothing. The Highway Police squads are manned by the general executive branch, with police men being taken on a shift basis from the police stations close to the highways.

The riot control wing of the State Police are based on two units.The riot control unit uses water dispencing unit called "VARUN" to desperse the rioters.They also uses grenades like tear gas shell,stinger grenade,dymarker,smoke grenade etc.They uses battons mad e of fibre and wood. The Armed Police Battalions, where recruits also undergo basic training. After service for stipulated time, based on the recruit's home district he gets transferred to the Armed Reserve Unit in his own district. After serving there, the constable is moved into a local police station in his district. There is an option for a recruit constable to stay back in the Armed Reserve and Armed Police Battalions. Then his promotions would be quicker, but he will not be stationed at any local police stations.

Passing Out Parade

General Executive Branch officers (Sub Inspectors) are directly recruited (though a fair number would be promoted over time from the ranks), gets trained at the Police Academy, and gets posted to various police stations. They later pick up ranks to become Inspector, Deputy Superintendent or even a Superintendent based on the service records.

The lower post police unit is a Police Outpost generally under command of a Head Constable, or Assistant Sub Inspector. Above which comes a police station under command of a Sub Inspector (assisted by Additional Sub Inspectors if required). Two or more police stations forms a Police Circle, under an inspector (generally called CI or Circle Inspector). More than one circle form up a Police Sub Division which would be commanded by a Deputy Superindent of Police (designation is Assistant Superindent of Police for IPS officers). Many sub-divisions form a police district under a District Superintendent, above which comes Police Ranges and Zones. The police officers from the central govt. service of Indian Police Service (IPS) generally command the higher echelons of the Police Force. Every inspector can ear-mark approximately 15 police constables within his jurisdiction to form the Crime Squad. They work in non-uniform clothes (or mufti), and would be on the look out for pick pocketing, prostitution, hoodlum activities, and drug trafficking etc.