Karnataka State Police recruitment - Applications invited for recruitment on various posts in Karnataka State Police

Check Karnataka State Police recruitment latest notifications only on YuvaJobs. Take a glance at all the necessary and important information related to Karnataka State Police recruitment and apply as soon as possible. As the police force grew in numbers and tasks became complex, it became important to provide appropriate training to enable the force to be very smart, strong and disciplined. Hence Training Schools across the state were started to train the constables and also Police Training College was started at Mysore to train Police Sub Inspectors, DySp’s and IPS officers. For welfare of Police, various schemes such as Police Housing, Karnataka Police Benevolent Fund, Arogya Bhagya etc. have been created. Grab out all the details about Karnataka State Police recruitment here.

Karnataka State Police is the law enforcement agency for the indian state of Karnataka.

The new State of Karnataka came into existence on November1, 1956. The erstwhile State of Mysore with 10 districts, 4 districts from erstwhile State of Bombay, 3 districts from erstwhile State of Hyderabad, 1 district and 1  Taluka from erstwhile State of Madras and part of Coorg State were integrated into one unit. Consequently, the new State of Karnataka had five different police systems, Acts, Rules, Manuals and even uniforms when it was formed. In all these spheres uniformity was brought and by 1965 the entire force was reorganised. The state enacted the Police Act in 1963 and brought it into force with effect from April 2, 1965. The city of Bangalore has a Police Commissioner as head of the city police. There is a Water Front Police for Uttara Kannada (North Canara) district for patrolling through motor launches.

Police in Karnataka were called by various names in different regions. After initiation of Policing, they were initially called Thoti, Talwar, Umbalidhar, Kattubidi, Neeraganti etc. The police primarily with policing used to do other jobs entrusted to them. The foundation of present police set up was laid after the appointment of State’s first Inspector General of Police. Today the State Police has grown into a big and complex organization running on modern management principles.

Mysore State was the predecessor to Karnataka State, which was created on 1st November 1965. Sri. L. Rickets was appointed as first Inspector General of Police, prior to which the State Police had no status, structure and powers as such. During 1883 it was reported that Talwars, Thotis, Neeragantis, Kavalugararu, Amaragararu, Ankamaale, Patela, Shyanubhogas etc. used to do policing. During the rule of Maharajas of Mysore, the policing existed in different variants.