Creation of a new Police System> Local Police Force > Function

The local police force in the new structure will have functional jurisdiction over petty crimes, local policing duties and traffic maintenance. If a grave offence has been committed in an area, the independent crime investigation unit will automatically take over the case. In this new system the work will be team-oriented. Every policeman will have a designated role, based on precise work description and will be empowered with real decision making powers to perform his or her work.

This can be illustrated with the model below. Each function of the local police force will be divided into teams and each team will consist of at least two police officers. Each team works on tasks assigned to them to ensure the smooth running of the local police force. Ideally the tasks will be assigned to the teams on a daily basis.

           For  example  the  chief of  the petty crime division at the local police  force can

           handle the task of crime prevention to team 1 and assign the search for wanted

           petty thieves to  team 2. At  the  traffic  maintenance  division,  team 1  can  be

           assigned  to  direct  the  traffic  in one  area of  the  district and  team 2 can  be0

           assigned  to  do traffic  safety  controls in another part of the district. In the local

           aw  and  order  division,  team 1 can be assigned  the  task  of  guarding  a  local

           demonstration   and   team  2  to   ensure   the   safety   of   local   politicians.

           Consequently  all  the  teams  are working  on different  tasks but  within their

           division.

The local police force will eventually be functioning under the control of local (district) governments. Until this is achieved, there could be a transitional period where the current hierarchy is gradually changing. The intent is also to make the territorial and functional jurisdiction of the local police force co-terminus with that of local courts (proposed as per the Grameen Nyayalayas Bill drafted by the Union Government). For each local police force there will be a local independent oversight, this could be in a shape of a local ombudsman, ensuring that obstruction of justice and abuse of authority will be investigated.