SALIENT FEATURES OF STUDIES ON SECURITY AND POLICING ON RAILWAYS Railway Police committee, 1872 The Indian Police Commission, 1902-03 Railway Police Committee, 1907 The Railway Police Committee, 1921 The Mullick study, 1954 High powered Committee on Security and Policing on the Railways, 1966-68 The Administrative Reforms Commission, 1970 One man expert Committee on Railway Security and Protection, 1976 National Police Commission, 1981(Railway Police Panel, 1978) Railway Reforms Committee,1983 Committee on Sub-ordinate legislation (5th Lok Sabha ),1988-89 RAILWAY POLICE COMMITTEE, 1872 Railway Police /Govt.. Police to split up in into ‘Govt.. Police’ for law enforcement (A-duties –Investigation and Crime, B-1&2-duties – Platforms and Orders) and ‘Company Police’ for protection of Goods sheds, Yards, Wagons and other Railway Properties (B3-duties – Watch and Ward)Railway Police committee, 1872 INDIAN POLICE COMMISSION, 1902-03 Favoured ‘Provincial System’ of Railway Police Administration over ‘Railway Administration System’ Recommended close co-ordination between Railway Police and Railway Administration Separation of Watch and Ward duties from Railway Police. Close co-operation between Railway and District Police. RAILWAY POLICE COMMITTEE, 1907 Duties of Railway Police was re-classified into class-A (Crime duties – rank and file to be paid entirely by Government ) and class-B (Order duties – rank and file to be paid for entirely by railways) The proportion of cost of supervision charged to Railway to be fixed at 1/4th of total cost THE RAILWAY POLICE COMMITTEE, 1921 A Central Crime Bureau of Information and Advice A Spl. Detective and Inv.. Agency in each province Power of search to OC of Rly. Police Station Watch and Ward to be organized as a Rly. Unit Provincial system of organization for Rly. Police Uniform Rules and procedures through out India Close co-operation between the Rly. and Dist. Police Police Guards for protection on night trains. THE MULLICK STUDY, 1954 Fusion of the provincial, the Dist. and Rly. Admn. System SRP to have only Administrative control while SP of the respective Dist. to have day-to-day operational control over GRP to ensure close Co-operation. H.P. COMMITTEE ON SECURITY AND POLICING, 1968 Creation of a Central Rly. Police Unit under Rlys. Abolition of distinction between Crime and Order wing of GRP Additional powers to RPF Powers of Sec. 151 & 152 Cr.P.C. to be conferred to RPF Protection of Rly. Track to be responsibility of state Govt. Due consideration to the need for increase in strength of crime and order wings of Rly. Police ONE MAN EXPERT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY SECURITY & PROTECTION, 1976 Didn’t favour unified Police Force concept Abolition of Order and Crime wing of GRP GRP should remain separate from Dist. Police SPs of Dist. Should be responsible for controlling Crime on Rlys. in their Dist. Rly. to bear 50% of total expenditure on GRP MHA to reply Parliamentary Questions on L&O and Crime on Railways Concurrent legal powers in matter of offences against Rly. Property to RPF NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSION, 1981 Constituted Rly. Police Panel, 1978 to study and recommend measures to improve Security and Policing in Rlys. However before the Commission could examine the recommendation, it was wound-up. RAILWAY REFORMS COMMITTEE, 1983 Strength of GRP to increase substantially GRP to be merged with Dist. Police Mobile OPs by Civil Police in trains Registration of FIRs by Mobile OPs irrespective of jurisdiction and Place of Occurrence Legal Powers to RPF to deal with unlawful assemblies and riotous mob Abolition of RPF escorts in trains Rly. Officials to have indirect say in annual assessment reports of S.H.O. of GRP COMMITTEE ON SUB-ORDINATE LEGISLATION (5TH LOK SABHA, 1988-89) Conducted scrutiny of RPF Rules 1987 but restricted study and recommendation to issues like Recruitment, Promotion, Disciplinary and Appeal Powers, Service Conditions etc.