| Frontier Police | |
| Common name | Frontier Police |
| Abbreviation | FP |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1861 |
| Preceding agency | Provincial Police |
| Employees | 73,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | CPO, Peshawar |
| Agency executive | Mr. Akbar Khan Hoti PSP, Inspector General of Police |
| Parent agency | Police Service of Pakistan |
| Website | |
| http://www.frontierpolice.gon.pk | |
The Frontier Police is responsible for policing in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Frontier Police is headed by Akbar Khan Hoti.
At the time of war of independence in 1857, no organized Police force existed in the India. A number of armed personnel were placed at the disposal of the Deputy Commissioner/district Magistrate for Police duties.
After gaining full control of India the British rulers constituted a Police Commission on 17 August 1860. this Commission submitted its report within 22 days with a draft Police Act which was enacted in 1861 and the present Police force came into being. This Police Act was drafted on the lines of Irish Constabulary Act and was primarily meant to create a Police force to consolidate and maintain the British Raj in India. It was absolutely different from the philosophy, duties and objectives of Police forces in Great Britain. After a reasonable time of its introduction and operations on ground, the government of India appointed a seven member Commission headed by A.H.L Fraser on 9 July 1902 in order to have a detailed review and to recommend possible improvements. The Commission recommended limited organizational and procedural modifications. The Police Rules were framed in 1934 which provide detailed instructions/procedures on all aspects of Police working. Pakistan became a sovereign and independent state on 14 August 1947 when the British colonial masters left after dividing the sub-continent into two countries of India and Pakistan. After independence the police Act of 1861 was still in vogue, Various governments appointed 24 commissions/committees to suggest proposal to bring improvements in the Police force. The Government promulgated a new police order 2002 which brought many important changes in the police system and made it more responsive accountable and democratic.
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