BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU OF POLICE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The Government of India vide Resolution No.8/136/68-P.I (Pers.I) dated 28.08.1970 formally established the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), under the Ministry of Home Affairs giving a new orientation to then existing Police Research and Advisory Council in 1966 with the primary objective of modernization of police force: 1. to take direct and active interest in the issues, 2. to promote a speedy and systematic study of the police problems and 3. to apply science and technology in the methods and techniques used by police. In addition and as a secondary, the resolution mandated an advisory role also for the Bureau. The Bureau was established with the Research, Statistics and Publication division and Development division initially with a well laid out charter of duties. It also handles Correctional Administration, National Police Missions, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science