The data said that Delhi has a sanctioned strength of 84,685 police personnel, of which 8,091 positions are still vacant at present
Acute shortage in the Delhi Police force has affected policing in the national Capital, said a data released by the Praja Foundation on Thursday. It stated that there is a 10 per cent gap in the sanctioned and working numbers of police personnel. It also mentioned that such a gap has resulted in higher number of heinous crimes in districts.
The data said that Delhi has a sanctioned strength of 84,685 police personnel, of which 8,091 positions are still vacant at present."Except for South West district and West district, all the districts face the shortage of working police personnel," it said.
Talking about the fallout of such acute shortage, the data stated, incidents of murder, burglary and theft have been the highest in the Outer district since 2014. This is the district which the Praja pointed out as having the highest gap between the sanctioned and working police personnel, which stands at 18 per cent.
Classifying the shortage designation-wise in the Delhi Police force, the data revealed, shortage of 58 per cent in the post of Additional Commissioners of Police, 33 per cent shortage in Additional Deputy Commissioners of Police, 24 per cent shortage in post of Assistant Commissioners of Police and 26 per cent in Sub-Inspector posts, as of March 2017.
Moreover, the post of police inspectors has a shortage of 2 per cent and constables are shot by 10 per cent.
"Shortage of these posts directly affects the investigation and law and order of the city. The data is reflective of the understaffed police department. 10% gap in the sanctioned and working numbers of the police is severely affecting the quality of city policing. The personnel at the Police Sub-inspector level are short of 532 people from the previous year," the data read.
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