SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

44 3. POLICE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
2. The Police officer should
possess the “Duty Card”
exclusively allotted for
the VVIP duty.
3. The Police officer shall
possess the mobile number
of the in charge officer.
4. The Police officers on
duty at same place shall
become familiar with
each other.
5. The Police officers on
VVIP duty shall be
well acquainted with the
VVIP, his travel plan
and the duties to be performed.
6. The Police officer shall
verify the surroundings,
culverts, the vehicles
parked, buildings including
high-rise buildings,
electrical installations,
and its surroundings
and bushy areas
nearer to his duty place.
If anything found suspicious,
it shall be intimated
immediately to
the Superiors. The
Officer on point duty
shall ensure that proper
Anti Sabotage checking
is done before the arrival
of VVIP.
7. No Police officer shall
leave the duty place
without the permission
from the Officer
in Charge/Superior Officers.
8. No change in duty shall
be made without the
permission from the Officer
in Charge/Superior
Officer.
9. During the VVIP movement,
the Officer on
point duty shall keep
a semi incline position
facing the public.
10. At the time of ‘point
duty’, the Police officer
should be facing towards
the public in an
inclined position.
11. At the time of VVIP
movement, the priority
should be given not
for the compliment but
for the security of the
VVIP.
12. In order to avoid traffic
obstruction during the
VVIP movement, no vehicles
adjacent to the
VVIP route shall be
allowed to remain in
starting condition and
the driver should be instructed
strictly to wait
outside the vehicle.
13. The vehicles entering
VVIP route through
‘by- roads’ shall be
stopped 50 meters away
from the VVIP route
and the said drivers are
instructed to switch off
the engine. Proper barricading
should be done
in appropriate places.
14. All the Police personnel
in VVIP duty shall
be briefed on the threat
perception of the VVIP.
3.24 F) PRIS-
ONERS
ESCORT
DUTY
The Police officer detailed for
the prisoner escort duty shall
be well acquainted with the
following facts:
1. The Police officer deputed
for prisoner escort
duty shall get it
entered his duty in his
note book and shall obtain
the passport for the
same. The said fact
shall also be get it entered
in the general diary
before leaving the
Police Station.
2. While going to the jail
for taking over the prisoner,
the Escort Officer
shall carry the Court
Order for escorting the
prisoner.
3. He should enquire
about the criminal back
ground of the prisoner
and his present behaviour.
4. The Escort Officer
should carry the handcuff
for safely producing
the prisoner before the
Hon’ble Court.
5. An arrested person shall
not be handcuffed unless
special orders obtained
from the Magistrate
at the time of
the grant of the remand
(Supreme Court Criminal
Writ petition No.
1079/79 (Prem Shankar
Shukla Vs Delhi Administration,
1980 SCC
526)). The prisoner escort
duty officer can
handcuff the prisoner
if he is attempting to
escape from custody
or behaving violently
or in disorderly manner.
If so, the said
matter shall be entered
in KPF 150 (Register
of persons in custody
- handcuffed /bound)
and shall intimate to