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Over 20,000 Police Officials Transferred Within 2 Years of Posting in 2019: Data
News 18Over 20,000 police officials across states and union territories were transferred in 2019 within a period of two years of their posting, with more than 70 per cent of the shunting happening at the station house officer level, according to official data. As per the BPR&D figures, 12 police commissioners were transferred within one year while another 12 transferred between one and two years of their posting. Among the most transferred were SHOs across the country — 8,540 within a year and 6,375 between and two years of posting, totaling 14,915 transfers during the year, the data showed. The maximum district SPs and DCPs transferred within a year were in Tamil Nadu while between one and two years were in Maharashtra, it showed. The year also witnessed shunting of 153 DIG/IG Range/Joint/Additional CP-rank officers within a year of their posting and 112 between one and two years, totaling 265 of all such transfers, according to the BPR&D figures.
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