SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

20 3. POLICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
46. Surveillance and checking
of bad characters
47. Preventive arrests
48. Collection and transmission
of criminal intelligence
49. He shall maintain a
notebook in which he
will write then and there
his daily movements and
activities in discharge of
his duties.
50. The completed notebook
will be retained for
3 years with the station
records. He will hand
over his current notebook
to his successor
when he goes on transfer.
51. Sub Inspector (L&O) is
required to collect intelligence
about:
• any incident of law
and order
• political activities
• labour activities
• student activities
and agitations
thereof
• communal tensions
and events
• employees’ associations
and strikes by
them
• criminal activities
• miscellaneous activities
and events
tending to destroy
peace and tranquility.
52. To facilitate orderly
movement of people
and vehicles, to control
andregulate traffic
on roads and highways
etc.
53. Natural calamities, Disaster
and emergency duties
o Various jobs like saving life
and property, providing shelter,
rehabilitation, evacuation
of people from crisis situations
and their transportation
during: a) fires b) floods
c) famines d) the spread of
an epidemic e) the breakout
of war or external aggression
f) internal disorders like
communal riots, struggle between
various classes, castes
and sects and other clashes.
3.3 SUB IN-
SPECTOR
(CRIMES)
1. Being an Officer in
charge of Police Station,
the Sub Inspector
(Crimes) shall register
FIR without any
delay upon receipt of
the information regarding
cognisable offences,
and shall commence investigation
(Sec. 2(o),
154(1), 156CrPC; Circular
No.5/2010. The
copy of FIR shall also
be given to the complainant
free of cost
at the same time (Section:
154(2)CrPC;Rule:
308PSO).
2. All the cases, except
those which are directly
investigated by the
Sub Inspector (Crimes),
shall be formally endorsed
to the subordinate
officers after
getting it entered
in a register created
for this purpose [Section:157(1)CrPC].
3. The Sub Inspector
(Crimes) shall ensure
timely completion of investigation
and submission
of Final Report before
the Hon’ble Court
through the officer in
charge of the Police Station,
by himself and
subordinate investigation
officers (Sections
:168 &173CrPC. Circular
No. 136/68).
4. Necessary steps shall be
taken for immediately
arresting those accused
sought to be arrested
and shall produce before
the Station House Officer
as early as possible
(Section: 56CrPC).
5. The Sub Inspector
(Crimes) shall conduct
the personal search and
medical examination of
the accused to be kept
in the Lock Up. He shall
ensure their safety and
permit them to dress
decently in the Lock Up
(Section: 46(3)KP Act,
Rules: 333 to 337PSO;
Circular Nos. 25/2004,
24/2005, 45/2010).
6. While arresting or taken
into custody of an injured
person, he shall
be bringing to the Police
Station only after
conducting medical examination.
Photograph
and videograph of the
person/persons who is
handing over the injured
person to the Police
shall be taken at the
same place itself (Circular
No. 08/99 and Section:
53(a)CrPC).
7. The Sub Inspector
(Crimes) shall assist
the ISHO for the prepa-