Dual Command System of Policing

Dual Command System of Policing

News: The Dual Command System of Policing is being implemented in Bhopal and Indore.

Details:
• Under the dual command system, the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police (SP) share powers and responsibilities in a district.Under this structure, the DM is entrusted with issuing arrest warrants, licenses while the SP has powers and responsibilities to investigate crime and make arrests.The system is designed to ensure a lower concentration of power and making the police more accountable to the DM at the district level.

Commissionerate System:
• Under the police commissionerate system, the powers of both policing and magistracy are concentrated with the commissioner, who is directly accountable to the state government and the state police chief.
• The commissioner of police under the commissionerate system exercises the powers and duties of a District Magistrate.These powers are also available to any officer under the commissioner who is not below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Police.
• The police are also empowered to conduct externment proceedings and issue written orders to remove a person from their jurisdiction of the commissionerate for a maximum of two years.

Significance:
• Various committees constituted to suggest police reforms have recommended implementation of a police commissioner system.
• This is for cities which have witnessed rapid urbanization and have a population of more than 10 lakhs.
• In the 6th report of the National Police Commission, it noted that as compared to police in districts, police in commissionerate in small areas had a better account of themselves.
• It further pointed out that in urban areas, the changing dynamism and growing complexities of security threats required a swift and prompt response.
• Usually in large urban areas, law and order situations develop rapidly, requiring a speed and effective operational response from the police.
• In districts where the SPs and DMs do not have an understanding, orders to swiftly act are rarely issued in time which aggravates the situation.
• There needs to be some clarity on what powers will be taken away from the revenue officers, collectors, SDMs and how it will impact the society before implementing it.  

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