More than 5 lakh posts are vacant in Police forces- Report

 Findings of Data on Police Organizations (DoPO) by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR-D). 

Over 5.31 lakh posts in police forces of different states have been lying vacant, according to the BPR&D report.

Releasing different aspects of policing in the country as on January 1, 2020, the BPR&D also said a total of 1,19,069 police personnel were recruited in 2019 in various police forces across India.

The figures include civil police, district armed police, special armed police and India Reserve Battalions.