NEW DELHI: The country which faces police vacancy to the tune of over 5 lakh personnel deploys three cops to protect its one VIP as against availability of merely one cop for 761 lesser mortals.
Recently released data on police organizations in the country revealed how different states and Union Territories tend to deploy more and more cops for VIP security than the sanctioned strength of police personnel for this purpose.
Though the Union home ministry had in the past three years pruned the central list of VIP protectees including ministers and bureaucrats by constantly reviewing the 'real' threat perception, states do not seem to respond accordingly despite facing huge shortage of police personnel.
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) of the home ministry had last week come out with eye-opening data, showing that the 25 states and UTs had in the year 2010 deployed 50,059 police personnel for protecting 16,788 VIPs including ministers, MPs, MLAs, bureaucrats and judges. Interestingly, the deployment of police personnel for these VIPs during the year was 21,761 more than what was actually sanctioned for their security.
The data, released by Union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday, also shows that Punjab - which reports vacancy of over 11,000 police personnel - had topped the list with sparing maximum 5,410 cops to secure VIPs followed by Delhi (5,100 cops) and Andhra Pradesh (3,958 cops) despite facing shortage.
Home ministry statistics show that while Delhi faces police vacancy of 1,186, Andhra Pradesh reports a huge vacancy of 40,596 personnel in the state. Many states have launched special drive to fill these vacancies but the number has not yet reached to the desired level.
The year 2010 was, however, not an exception in terms of sparing cops for VIP security. The situation was worse in 2009 when 47,355 police personnel were deployed to protect 17,451 VIPs across the country. Though the states and UTs had sanctioned 23,637 personnel for VIP security during the year, the number doubled over the period of time.
Besides a central list of VIPs having over 300-odd protectees, each state and UT has its own list making these numbers run into thousands.
The BPR&D figures and other related data of the home ministry also present a unique contrast in terms of police strength, vacancy and states' penchant for sparing more and more cops for VIP security duties for ever increasing list of protectees.
Figures show that Bihar which has the worst police-population ration (total police personnel per lakh of population) had the maximum of 3,030 VIPs who were given protection in the state followed by 1,685 in Punjab and 1,640 in West Bengal - the state which has the second worst police population ration.
The BPR&D report highlighted that the manpower for protected persons' protection duty was drawn from available resources generally without corresponding increase in sanctioned strength for the purpose. "The increase in the protected persons' protection deployment has strained the already limited manpower resources of state police.
"Therefore, there is a need for periodic review of the deployment of police for protected persons' protection against need based assessment coupled with proportionate increase in the sanctioned and professionally trained manpower commensurate to the bona fide protected persons' protection requirements," it said.
Highlights
* Three cops for a VIP compared to one cop for 761 ordinary citizens
* In 2010, 16,788 VIPs were guarded by 50,059 police personnel, which is 21,761 more than the sanctioned deployment for their security
* Punjab deployed maximum police personnel (5,410) for VIP security, followed by Delhi (5,001) and Andhra Pradesh (3,958)
* Strength of police personnel per lakh population is 131.39
3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 cop for 761 citizens
Recently released data on police organizations in the country revealed how different states and Union Territories tend to deploy more and more cops for VIP security than the sanctioned strength of police personnel for this purpose.
Though the Union home ministry had in the past three years pruned the central list of VIP protectees including ministers and bureaucrats by constantly reviewing the 'real' threat perception, states do not seem to respond accordingly despite facing huge shortage of police personnel.
Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) of the home ministry had last week come out with eye-opening data, showing that the 25 states and UTs had in the year 2010 deployed 50,059 police personnel for protecting 16,788 VIPs including ministers, MPs, MLAs, bureaucrats and judges. Interestingly, the deployment of police personnel for these VIPs during the year was 21,761 more than what was actually sanctioned for their security.
The data, released by Union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday, also shows that Punjab - which reports vacancy of over 11,000 police personnel - had topped the list with sparing maximum 5,410 cops to secure VIPs followed by Delhi (5,100 cops) and Andhra Pradesh (3,958 cops) despite facing shortage.
Home ministry statistics show that while Delhi faces police vacancy of 1,186, Andhra Pradesh reports a huge vacancy of 40,596 personnel in the state. Many states have launched special drive to fill these vacancies but the number has not yet reached to the desired level.
The year 2010 was, however, not an exception in terms of sparing cops for VIP security. The situation was worse in 2009 when 47,355 police personnel were deployed to protect 17,451 VIPs across the country. Though the states and UTs had sanctioned 23,637 personnel for VIP security during the year, the number doubled over the period of time.
Besides a central list of VIPs having over 300-odd protectees, each state and UT has its own list making these numbers run into thousands.
The BPR&D figures and other related data of the home ministry also present a unique contrast in terms of police strength, vacancy and states' penchant for sparing more and more cops for VIP security duties for ever increasing list of protectees.
Figures show that Bihar which has the worst police-population ration (total police personnel per lakh of population) had the maximum of 3,030 VIPs who were given protection in the state followed by 1,685 in Punjab and 1,640 in West Bengal - the state which has the second worst police population ration.
The BPR&D report highlighted that the manpower for protected persons' protection duty was drawn from available resources generally without corresponding increase in sanctioned strength for the purpose. "The increase in the protected persons' protection deployment has strained the already limited manpower resources of state police.
"Therefore, there is a need for periodic review of the deployment of police for protected persons' protection against need based assessment coupled with proportionate increase in the sanctioned and professionally trained manpower commensurate to the bona fide protected persons' protection requirements," it said.
Highlights
* Three cops for a VIP compared to one cop for 761 ordinary citizens
* In 2010, 16,788 VIPs were guarded by 50,059 police personnel, which is 21,761 more than the sanctioned deployment for their security
* Punjab deployed maximum police personnel (5,410) for VIP security, followed by Delhi (5,001) and Andhra Pradesh (3,958)
* Strength of police personnel per lakh population is 131.39
3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 cop for 761 citizens
Exp:55%
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