SOP Station House Management by Kerala Police

4.2. CRIME INVESTIGATION WING 51
4.2.2 R Branch
This branch will carry out all
the formalities with regard to
the investigation of Road Accident
Cases.
4.2.3 I Branch
This branch will carry out all
the formalities with regard to
the investigation of all other
important cases to be investigated
at the Station level.
4.2.4 M Branch
This branch will carry out all
the formalities with regard to
the investigation of cases of
Minor Offences in which bail
can be granted from the Police
Station itself.
1. In order to carry out
the assignments of each
Branch in the desired
level, the entire available
strength of Police
Station will be divided
and allotted to each
branch prudently. SHO
will be the officer overall
in charge of this entire
system. Officers in the
rank of SIs will be in
charge of Law & Order
and Crime Investigation
Wings respectively.
The charge of Administrative
Branch will also
be held by an officer
in the rank of SI. As
regards other branches,
one officer in the rank of
ASI/GASI/SCPO/GSCPO
will be earmarked as the
Team Leader.
2. The suggested Strength
Pattern under each
Wings & Branches in
normal course is given
hereunder: This can
be varied depending on
the strength available in
each police station.
3. ISHO will be the Officer
responsible for the implementation
of this system.
4. ISHO will allocate the
strength to each Wing
/ Branch mainly relying
upon the pattern preferred
above.
5. Competency and experience
should be taken
as the parameter for
designating strength to
each Wing / Branch.
6. The strength required
for attending to the
routine basic duties
like GD, Sentry, Traffic
Management, Emergency
L&O duties, Prisoner
Escort duty, Patrolling,
Beat duty,
Community oriented
duties, Tappal duty
etc should be assessed
on daily basis in advance
and the required
strength should be mobilized
from different
Wings /Branches on rotation
basis. This task
is to be carried out by
SW/ASW who is part
of A Branch.
7. As far as possible, the
services of the strength
earmarked for Crime Investigation
duties are
spared for Sentry, GD
& Night Officer duties
only.
8. In this new system,
the officer in charge of
GD duty will be known
as Station Duty Officer
for which an ASI/SI
will normally be earmarked.
In addition, an
SCPO/GSCPO will also
be on duty as Asst. Station
Duty Officer during
day time. The charge of
Station Duty Officer is
limited to day time only
(08.00 AM to 08.00 PM)
and during night time
Asst. Station Duty Officer
only will be available
for duty. The Station
Duty Officer for a
day will be the Public
Relation Officer for that
day.
9. Out of the two SIs in
the Law & Order Wing,
one SI should be specifically
earmarked as Officer
in charge of Administrative
Branch. He is
also designated as the
Nodal Officer for effective
utilization of various
funds allotted to
the Police Station under
different Plan Schemes
and will also act as
the Welfare Officer of
the Station. The other
SI will be in charge
of other Branches of
this Wing and will also
act as Community Relation
Officer of Janamaithri,
SPC, Senior
Citizen, SC/ST and all
other Community Oriented
Projects.
10. The Officer in charge
of Crime Investigation
Wing will also act as the
Intelligence Officer of
the Station and as Liaison
Officer of KAAPA.
11. Attending of intimations
from various hospitals
are to be done by
the members of Crime
Investigation Wing on
daily basis in normal
course.