ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS POLICE

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS POLICE

History of Andaman and Nicobar Police dates back to rising of ‘Sebundy Corps’ in 1858 for protection of Penal Settlements in the Andamans. It was reconstituted in 1867 with 2 Inspectors, 3 Head Constables, 12 Sergeants and 285 Constables. The system of Policing was exclusively on the pattern of Military organization, with a small strength of 75 Civil Policemen for observance of local laws and for accompanying the prisoners to the jungle as guards against aboriginal tribes. Civil Police was separated from Military Police in the year 1924. The Japanese occupation of these Islands from 1942 to 1945 ruined the Police and Administrative set up in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. As a result fresh batch of officers and men known as 'deputation force’ were drawn after British re-occupation in 1945 from Special Armed Police of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. The coat of arms of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police shows the golden initials of the service on a red background, surrounded by the name of the service in golden lettering on a blue bordure. The arms are crested with the Asoka capital, being the emblem of India and is surrounded by a golden garland. Below is the motto of the republic in Devanagari on a red ribbon.