SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

36 3. POLICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
regularcontact
them;
with
11. Information about the
commission of crime; all
this information shall
be entered in the beat
book in time and shall
be conveyed to the Station
House Officer. Any
related documents collected
in this regard,
if any, shall also be
handed over to the
SHO.
12. The beat officer shall
always be in uniform
while performing the
beat duty. He shall
make proper entry in
the beat book as well
as in the note book and
submit before the SHO
after duty.
13. The strangers beat duty
shall be performed by
the beat officer in mufty.
The strangers beat
duty will be performed
for secretly verifying
those who are coming
from other areas under
doubtful circumstances
and for reporting the
same. This duty shall
be performed every second
Saturday and accompanying
Sundays
each month. During
this time the strangers
shall be challenged and
required information
will be collected from
the suspected persons
for sending BCR-B.
3.15 11(a) CHECK-
ING OF BAD
CHARAC-
TERS
The Police officers shall be
well acquainted with the following
points while checking
habitual offenders; persons
committing offences against
women and children; and
bad characters within the
Police Station limit [PSO
265,266,282,220(4)].
1. The Police officer deputed
for Bad Characters
checking duty shall
get it entered his duty
on his note book from
the SHO and shall collect
the list of bad characters
to be checked. It
shall also be entered in
the General Diary before
leaving the Police
Station.
2. The Police officer shall
always be in uniform
while checking the “Bad
Characters” and shall
seek the assistance of
another Police Officer if
possible. While checking
the Bad Characters
the details such as their
phone number, their
jobs, their official address
and Phone number,
their living standards,
the vehicle details,
the address and
phone numbers of relatives
residing with
them, the details with
phone numbers of their
intimate friends etc. has
to be collected in detail
and report submitted
before the Station
House Officer.
3. If the Bad Characters
to be checked is not
found, then enquiry
shall be conducted in
detail about him with
his relatives, neighbours
and friends.If he has
shifted to some other
place, a report in this
regard shall be submitted
to the Station House
Officer.
4. If the Bad Characters
and his relatives are not
found during verification,
then enquire with
the neighbours about
the Bad Characters,
his relatives and the
persons visiting their
houses. A report in
this regard shall also
be submitted before the
Station House Officer.
5. The photograph, phone
numbers, the details
of relatives, neighbours
and friends with the
phone numbers shall be
entered in the History
Sheets.
6. The complicity of the
“Bad Characters shall
also be ascertained during
the time of occurrence
of offences within
the Police Station limit.
3.16 12.NIGHT
PATROL
DUTY
Proper night patrolling can
ensure the presence of Police
in every nook and corner
of the Police Station limit
and thereby prevent various
offences.
1. The duties to be performed
by the night patrolling
officer such as