By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, Dec 1:  The delayed police integration process has now begun. The integration process has gathered momentum after the government approved the Organisation and Management Survey (O&M) report of the Nepal Police and the State Police two weeks ago.
The Police Integration Act was issued nine months ago.
Last week, the Cabinet meeting decided to add one Additional Inspector General (AIG) and five Deputy Inspector Generals (DIGs) to the police and approved the O&M survey report.
The adjustment process started soon after the government approved the organisation and management survey report of Nepal Police and State Police, said Thaneshwar Gautam, Chief and Joint Secretary at the Administration Division, Ministry of Home Affairs.
He said, “Preliminary work of adjustment has just begun, and the gradual adjustment process will gain momentum soon.”
According to Gautam, at present, the total strength of Nepal Police is 79,532 as per the approved O&M report, out of which, 24,812 will be in the federal police and 54,720 will be integrated into the seven State Police Offices.
Along with the integration process, the number of police personnel in each state has already been decided.
Now, the three districts of the Kathmandu Valley -- Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur -- will have a Metropolitan Police Office with a new name for peace and security and crime investigation and control, which will be led by Additional Inspector General (AIG).
At present, the Metropolitan Police Office is headed by DIG.
It has already been decided that the State Police Office will be under the command of Deputy Inspector General (DIG), according to former Nepal Police spokesperson and SSP Kuber Kadayat.
As per the O&M report, there will be a Federal Unit Police Office at the Police Headquarters to look after the State Police structure in each State, and it will be led by the SSP.
Similarly, other units like -- Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Special Bureau, Cyber ​​Bureau, Drug Control Bureau and National Police Training Institute (Academy) -- will be under the Police Headquarters, according to the report.
In addition, there will be an inter-state coordination mechanism at the Police Headquarters, which will be led by the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
There is an arrangement that the state police office headed by DIG will be under the state government.
Works like -- promotion, transfer, punishment and deployment up to DSP -- will now be under the command of State Police and the State government. Currently, all the police personnel are being transferred from the Police Headquarters.