Sikkim Police
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sikkim Police सिक्किम पुलिस |
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Abbreviation | S.P. |
Motto | Protect and serve |
Agency overview | |
Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction* | State of Sikkim, IN |
Map of sikkim Police's jurisdiction. | |
Governing body | Government of Sikkim |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Gangtok |
Website | |
sikkimpolice |
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Footnotes | |
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. |
Sikkim Police is the law enforcement agency of the government of Sikkim in India. It employs a large number of people to patrol the streets. It is headquartered in the state capital Gangtok. The Sikkim police is headed by a Director General of Police and falls under the purview of the state Home Department. Sikkim in general has a low crime rate. In March 2007 there was a fratricidal incident involving Sikkim Police detachment protecting a bank in Delhi. One jawan was accused of murdering five of his colleagues in retaliation for a sodomy attempt. However the details are unclear.
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