Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah released Bureau of Police Research and Development's (BPRD) flagship publication Data on Police Organizations (DoPO 2018).
It is a compilation of information on police infrastructure, manpower and other resources from all States, UTs, CAPFs and CPOs.
Key Data
20.95% increase in the strength of Woman Police.
Total percentage of women in the Indian Police has now become 8.73%.
The overall Police Population Ratio (PPR) at the state level stood at 95 policemen per lakh population.
Police Stations have increased from 15579 to 16422.
This also includes Cyber Police Stations whose number has risen from 84 to 120.
Electronic surveillance has improved – a total of 2,75,468 CCTV cameras have been installed.