Ranchi: Jharkhand has the poorest strength of civil police in the country with one policeman for a population of 458.39 people while several other smaller states and Union territories like Sikkim, Manipur, Nagaland and Andaman Nicobar have one policeman for every 100 people. The dismal strength of the constabulary does not impact VIP security in the state.
According to the data released by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) for the status of the police department in the country in the year 2020, Jharkhand is facing the challenge of acute manpower shortage in the department. As against a sanctioned strength of 82,277 personnel, the department is functioning with a strength of only 64,938 personnel. All wings of the department, including District Armed Reserve Police, State Armed Police and State IRB are facing the manpower crunch and a few of them are operating at almost half the strength. There were no regular recruitments in the 2019-20 financial year.