What is the Role of Head Constable In PAC?
Querist :
Anonymous
(Querist) 31 March 2011
This query is : Resolved
Dear Sir,
Please Define the Service / Job role of Head Constable servicing in Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC).
Can he will be assign for the duties / responsible for handling Cash / Treasurer / etc.
M.Sheik Mohammed Ali
(Expert) 31 March 2011
A state police force has two main components-the civil
police and the armed police. The primary function of the
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civil police is to control crime, while the armed police
mainly deal with law and order situations.
The civil police include mainly the district police forces,
supervisory structures at the range, zone and state police
headquarters and specialised branches to deal with crime,
intelligence and training problems.
The district police force also has armed reserves, which
are used mainly to meet the requirements of armed guards
and escorts. They are occasionally also deployed to meet
any emergency situation, before the state armed police
arrive to handle it. The armed reserves of districts are
treated as a part of the district civil police force.
The armed police is in the form of battalions, which are
used as striking reserves to deal with emergency situations.
On 1.1.2001 the strength of the state armed police forces
was 372,346. There were as many as 307 state armed police
battalions in addition to 8 companies, spread over different
states/union territories.14
A state armed police battalion is divided into companies.
Generally, there are six service companies in a battalion.
A company is further sub-divided into platoons and
platoons into sections. Ordinarily, three sections constitute
a platoon and three platoons a company.
