Bihar Police


The Bihar Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Bihar, India. Present DGP of Bihar Police is Gupteshwar Pandey since January 31, 2019. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch.

Organizational structure

Bihar Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, Government of Bihar.
The Bihar Police is headed by a Director General of Police. The state is divided into 12 ranges. Each range commanded by an Additional Director General or an Inspector-General or a Deputy Inspector-General. Within each range are anywhere from three to six districts, each under a Superintendent of Police. Patna is under a Senior Superintendent of Police.

Hierarchy

Officers
Sub-ordinates
An initiative in Community Policing for safety of Women. The CID Branch of Bihar Police under the Leadership of Alok Raj ADG in association with Mr. Roushan Kumar and Dr. Suman Lal founders Ladli Foundation came up with the concept of having Women Community Police to provide a safe and secure atmosphere to the inhabitants. Also to make women become familiar with Police and deeply understand the police system to invoke their taboo to interact with police station/ policemen. For this initiative, volunteer from girls studying in different colleges of Patna were identified and trained. Each of these girls were provided with ID Cards authorised by Bihar Police and are called Ladli Cops.

Equipment

All the equipment of the Bihar Police are manufactured indigenously by the Indian Ordnance Factories controlled by the Ordnance Factories Board, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.