Summary:
This is highest second highest area covered by single policeman in any state after Arunachal Pradesh. However, they said that there has been continuous recruitments and increase of police station areas in the state in past three years. Likewise, per 100 policemen there are only 6.89 vehicles.Senior officers of the Rajasthan police headquarters thought attributed it to the fact that Rajasthan is the largest state in the country having an area of 3,42,239 square km. The misery does not end here as every 100 policemen in the state have got nearly six vehicles to reach crime scene.Various retired DGPs have also been advocating on the need of police reforms to ease the pressure of policemen working at grass root level. "We are aiming at adding 5,500 more to our sanctioned strength of 1,04,451 policemen..