Panel to draft SOP for Patna police functioning

PATNA: The Covid-19 pandemic is going to change the state police functioning in and outside the office.
The police headquarters has formed a high-level committee to draft standard operating procedure (SOP) and guidelines for police functioning in post-Covid era. This is for the first time that such SOP is being prepared as police functioning has so far been mainly guided by rules in Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) and Bihar Police Manual under the Bihar Police Act, 2007.
The committee is headed by ADG of Bihar Military Police (BMP), RS Bhatti, with State Crime Records Bureau IG Kamal Kishore Singh, IG (prohibition) Amrit Raj and IG (Magadh range) Rakesh Rathi as its members.
While Bhatti and Rathi had experience of working with CBI, Raj had been associated with Central Detective Training Institute in Hyderabad for several years.
When contacted, ADG (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar said the committee would formulate guidelines for state police to follow while conducting raids, making arrest, transporting arrested person, patrolling, interrogation and several other aspects of daily policing in the field as well as in police stations.
“The guidelines would also be implemented while conducting training of fresh recruits as well as on duty. Once formulated, the SOP and guidelines would also be included in Bihar Police Manual after the DGP’s approval for immediate implementation,” he said.
The ADG said if there is any point beyond the jurisdiction of the state police headquarters, it would be put up before state government. He said the draft would be made soon.