Police Act 2008 - Kerala Police

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2. Such units may be created or special arrangements may be made, inter alia, for
the following:
a) Collection of Intelligence directly or indirectly affecting National Security,
State Security, Maintenance of Law and Order, Maintenance of Public
Safety or Prevention of Crime, Security of Vital Installations and
individuals facing grave threats from terrorist or extremist violence;
b) Investigation of especially complicated cases, heinous crimes or
sensational cases and any case of special importance;
c) Traffic Control;
d) Coastal, River and Backwater Policing and Policing for the protection of
tourists;
e) Policing on the Railways;
f) Collection, collation, indexing storing of data and intelligence relating to
crime and criminals and analysis thereof and the establishment of a
Bureau of Missing Persons;
g) Helping police offices and officers in selecting, using and utilizing
computers and other digital services and developing software necessary
for the purpose;
h) Maintaining the telecommunication and digital communication networks
for police purposes;
i) Identification of individuals and property by means of fingerprints,
photography, or any digital or biometric technique;
j) Maintaining a well-trained reserve force with a proper chain of
command to be deployed whenever and wherever the district police or
the local police stations fall short of manpower in the proper discharge
of any police function;
k) Training of recruits and refresher training of those in service and
general training in policing related matters to any other individual or
group as may be decided by the Government;
l) Specialised response units like control rooms equipped to respond to
distress calls relating to crime, calamity or accident;