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State Reserve Lines

Introduction

Sikkim being a compact State there are no District Reserve Lines. A single Reserve Lines at the State level attends to the requirements of all district police units and other branches of PHQ. The State Reserve Lines (SRL) is headed by a Superintendent of Police who functions under the direct supervision of the ADGP/ IGP, Headquarters & General Administration branch. When deployed in the districts or with a branch the personnel of the State Reserve Lines would be under the operational control of the concerned district SP or the branch head.

 

Functions of the State Reserve Lines Police
  1. Supplement the local police strength where it is not adequate to deal with law and order disturbances;
  2. Provide security to authorized persons or places;
  3. Guard vital installations, arms and ammunition and other important places;
  4. Man armed or unarmed outposts and conduct armed patrolling whenever called for;
  5. Provide striking forces or mobile squads for special ‘bandobusts’, including during elections;
  6. Management of arms and ammunition in the State Civil Police Armoury;
  7. Escort of prisoners;
  8. Arrange and participate in ceremonial parades and guards of honour;
  9. Playing of band at parades and State functions;
  10. Help in rescue operations in the event of natural calamities and other disasters;
  11. Maintenance of motor transport of the Civil Police;
  12. Recruitment of constables for the civil police. As per latest government orders SIs and equivalent rank and above officers are to be recruited by the State Public Service Commission for which necessary action will be initiated by AIGP/HQ.
 

 

Duties & Responsibilities of SP, Reserve Lines
  1. He shall control and supervise the staff of the various units under the State Reserve Lines to ensure that the functions assigned to the State Reserve Lines are carried out effectively and in time.
  2. He shall endeavor to keep the reserve lines staff in a state of high efficiency, morale and discipline and provide the reserve units to the district police as and when requisitioned by the district police with the approval of the ADGP/Hqrs. & Gen. Adm. Branch/DGP.
  3. He shall be responsible for the efficient management of the Police Band and the Motor Transport Section/Central Police Workshop at the PHQ and the condemnation and auction of vehicles in the police.
  4. He shall be responsible for the assessment of the requirement and procurement of uniform items and types of vehicles for various police units.
  5. He will be responsible for providing pilot/escorts, house guards and prisoner escorts etc.
  6. He shall be responsible for the ceremonial parades organized by the police at the Independence and Republic day at Gangtok.
  7. He will also be responsible for such other tasks and miscellaneous functions as may be assigned to the State Reserve Lines by the DGP from time to time in public interest.

 

 Organisational structure of SRL

The State Reserve Lines consists of the following main sections:

  1. General Duty/Reserve Police Section
  2. Motor Transport Section
  3. Sikkim Police Band
  4. Central Police Stores (uniform articles)