Zonal
Inspector-General or Dy. Inspector General of Police
He is responsible for all functions of his zone. He will also
exercise all powers including financial powers to the extent
specifically provided by Government in the rules. He should,
by frequent personal inspection, endeavour to establish and
maintain efficiency and discipline, ensure uniformity of procedure
and practice, and secure cooperation between the police of
his Districts in his jurisdiction and facilitate harmonious
working between the police and the executive magistracy, and
other departments of the Government. He should control, instruct
and advise Superintendents of Police. He will advise, and,
if necessary, supersede SP in times of grave disorder taking
over full control of the situation. He will pay particular
attention to the training and the discipline in the District
Armed Reserve Police so that a high standard of efficiency
is maintained. SsP, on their part, should assist him in his
enquiries, bring to his notice the requirements of their Districts,
Cities and consult him confidentially in all matters of difficulty.
He is responsible for maintenance of law and order, prevention
and detection of offences, preserving peace and security including
planning & implementing anti-terrorist operations. He
shall ensure efficient functioning of the investigation and
is responsible for supervision of all grave crimes and their
disposal, the planning and implementation of preventive strategies,
detection of crimes, prosecution of offenders, coordination
of crime investigation, traffic enforcement, planning as well
as highway patrols. The morale, professional efficiency and
correct behaviour and conduct of all ranks shall be his responsibility.
Administrative Powers of
Zonal I.G or Dy. Inspector General of Police
The
Inspector-General/DIGP exercises a large measure of administrative
control within his zone. His powers in the matter of appointments,
postings, leave, rewards, punishments and appeals are
detailed in the appropriate Chapters of this Manual and
in the statutory rules issued by the Government from time
to time to regulate the method of recruitment, conditions
of service, pay and allowances, pension, discipline and
conduct of the members of the A.P. Police Subordinate
Service.
The
Zonal IG/DIGP should inspect one Sub-Divisional Office/Two
circle offices and four Police Stations, traffic police
station and the District Armed Reserve, the District Police
Office, District Training Center, District Crime Records
Bureau, District Special Branch and their records, in
each District in his jurisdiction every year. No time
limit is fixed for the inspection but normally it should
not be prolonged for more than ten days at a stretch.
The same stations are not to be inspected repeatedly year
after year. The IG/DIGP should examine the major law and
order situations, the manner in which they are handled
by the police, the state of crime, quality of investigation
and disposal of cases, preventive measures, working of
community policing, beats, surveillance, special branch,
general police work, and also discuss matters of current
interest and importance with the SP giving him the benefit
of his experience, advice and instructions. It is necessary
for the SP to be present during the inspection of the
Zonal IG/DIGP except in extenuating circumstances, with
the permission of the IG/DIGP. Normally the annual inspection
by Zonal IG/DIGP should not be carried in the absence
of SP concerned except in extenuating circumstances with
the permission of DGP. The inspections are to be carried
out in the proforma prescribed.
Whenever
an Inspector-General/DIGP inspects a district or a portion
of it, he should write a comprehensive report on the district/unit
as a whole and also send detailed notes in respect of
each of the units inspected by him. Inspection notes of
the Inspector-General of Police/DIGP on Police Stations
need not be sent to the Director General of Police. The
Inspection Report on the District Armed Reserve, the District
Police Office, and the Sub-Divisional Officer’s
Office should be forwarded to the Director General of
Police along with his comprehensive confidential report
on the District. The following special points should be
mentioned in the covering note to be sent along with the
inspection notes:
Recruitment
indicating the vacancies and follow up action.
Transfer
of Constables from the Armed Reserves to Civil Police
and APSP to Armed Reserve.
The
manner of functioning of the District Training Center
and the quality of training courses conducted.
Quality
and results of investigation, specifically analyzing
the way the grave crimes were handled including follow
up during prosecution.
Maintenance
of Personal Files and compliance with Conduct rules.
Special
rewards expenditure and all other expenditure, whether
strict economy has been observed and whether internal
audit has been completed.
Condition
and upkeep of buildings, grounds, police quarters,
equipments including transport, communication, computers
and scientific equipments.
Functioning
of Community policing (Maithri), effectiveness of
beats, and patrols.
Effectiveness
of surveillance measures and anti terrorist operations.
Police
conduct, including instances of torture, corruption
and nexus with anti-social elements, indiscipline,
insubordination and agitational activity, offences
committed by policemen, nature of action and remedial
measures taken up.
Performance
of Gazetted Officers.
A district,
wherein an officer is acting for the first time in independent
charge as Superintendent of Police, should be visited
as soon as possible after he has settled down. Districts
under the charge of junior officers may well be visited
twice or even more during a year.
Whenever
an Inspector-General/DIGP in charge of a Zone visits a
district, he should meet all Gazetted Officers who are
on probation with a view to assess their progress and
issue suitable instructions.
He
should study and analyse all intelligence reports and
information gathered from the Districts, make a reasonable
assessment of law and order problems likely to arise,
the areas and persons likely to be involved, make a realistic
assessment of situation and use resources to bring situations
under control by close monitoring and taking timely decisions
and by giving proper guidance and instructions to the
subordinates.
It
is the duty of the Inspector-General/DIGP to see that
steps are taken for the prevention and detection of crime,
and particularly adequate arrangements are made for dealing
with any unusual outbreak of crime. It is also his duty
to exercise constant supervision and scrutiny over the
investigation of cases and see that Gazetted Officers
take adequate part therein. He should not permit any diversion
of Investigation Squads or teams for any other work by
heads of the Units in his charge. He should pay particular
attention to the investigation of organized crime, terrorist
cases, and other complicated or important grave cases.
He shall do so by perusal of concerned case files and
by recording his notes and instructions when files come
up for orders or by calling for those case files which
he feels necessary.
The
Crime Digest in Form I shall be maintained in the office
of every Inspector-General/DIGP and Superintendent of
Police. He will make entries of all grave crimes occurring
in his jurisdiction in this Digest. Entries in the Crime
Digest shall be made for each sub-division of a district
in the chronological order in which information of grave
crimes is received. A fresh volume will be opened when
all the pages in a current volume have been utilized.
Brief
details of the case, the number and names of the accused,
if known, arrests of accused, property lost and recovered,
progress of investigation, result of the case in court
including the result of revision or appeal, should be
entered in columns 5 and 6, in the officer’s own
hand. The other columns may be filled in by the officer’s
personal/ministerial assistants.
All
crime files including the grave crime report files and
those of cases supervised by the Zonal IG/DIGP or where
he calls for reports, should be maintained in the Crime
Section of his Office. All orders and instructions issued
should be kept in the connected files apart from reports
and communications from the Officers handling the cases
and other communications received from DGP, or Addl. DGP
Law and Order or Addl. DGP, CID.
