Rajasthan Police and Public Order / Social Awareness
This section is specific to Rajasthan policing: the state police organisation, the Rajasthan Police Act, 2007, public order duties, emergency response, community policing, and the social legislation a constable applies on the street.
Organisation and response
- The Director General of Police heads the force; ranges are led by IG or DIG rank officers, districts by an SP (rural) or Commissioner (commissionerate cities); the police station, with its beat and patrol staff, is the basic unit.
- Emergency numbers: 112 unified emergency, 100 police, 181 women's helpline, 1098 child helpline, 1930 cyber financial fraud.
- An FIR is registered for a cognizable offence; a non-cognizable offence goes into the NCR and needs a magistrate's order for investigation.
Social legislation on the beat
- POCSO Act, 2012: a child is below 18; reporting is mandatory and there is no time limit for reporting.
- Domestic Violence Act, 2005: police must inform the aggrieved woman of her right to a protection officer, shelter home and medical aid.
- SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989: investigation by an officer not below DSP rank.
- NDPS Act, 1985: section 37 imposes strict conditions on bail for commercial quantities.
Worked example
A woman reports that her husband beat her and locked her out. What is the constable's first duty? Reasoning: the allegation discloses a cognizable offence. Register an FIR, arrange medical examination, inform the protection officer under the DV Act, and record her complaint in her own words. Advising the parties to settle at home is dereliction of duty.
Traps
- Treating 181 and 1098 as interchangeable.
- Refusing an FIR because the place of occurrence lies outside the police station; a zero FIR must be registered and transferred.
- Ignoring the Abhay command centre logging and body-camera requirements.