Recognising the state’s current predicament and the necessity for expanded police manpower and police stations, Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis created a new design of the state’s home department in June. As a result, it is being calculated how many new police recruits are required. Every city and district is requested to submit proposals for new police stations and manpower. On the problem addressed by Satej Patil at Nagpur’s winter session, Home Minister Devendra Fadnavis stated that the Home Department’s 1976 diagram has been redrawn.

Despite the fact that the Home Department has hired 23,000 police officers, the police force is currently understaffed. As a result, the sources stated that recruiting will be done through the Home Department in accordance with the new pattern.

Every year, six thousand positions remain unfilled.

The state police force currently employs two lakh constables. Each year, 2.5 to 3 percent of officers retire. Up to a thousand police officers are promoted, some resign voluntarily, while others die in accidents or from disease. According to the Special Squad and Special Training Department, over six thousand police positions become available each year owing to such factors. In the next two years, around 13 thousand positions will be vacant. Training for freshly recruited entrants will be finished by the end of March. Prior to that, new police recruitment may be announced.

 Requested proposals for new police stations

The relevant senior authorities (Superintendent of Police or Commissioner of Police) are soliciting recommendations from the Home Department for additional police stations, taking into account important issues such as rural or urban district expansion, population growth, and crime rates. Accordingly, manpower and police stations will be sanctioned in accordance with the revised diagram, taking into account the needs of the individual districts.