Section 68: Research & Development.

(1) The State Government may establish a State Bureau of Police Research & Development withprovision for appropriate staff, funds and other resources to regularly undertake research and analysis on all such subjects and issues which may lead to improvement in the standards of police functioning and performance. The State Government may also sponsor, in other reputed organizations and institutions, special studies and research in subjects having relevance to policing. (2) The State Government may also take appropriate measures to harness developing technology for scientific and technical assistance in the investigation and detection of crime, and other policing tasks. (3) The tasks of the State Bureau of Police Research & Development shall include: (a) preparation of five-year Perspective Plan to modernize and upgrade police infrastructure with the objective of enhancing the professional competence and efficient management of the Police Service. This Plan shall cover mobility, weaponry, communication, training, forensic infrastructure, equipments and protective gears, official and residential accommodation, and any other subject which may have a bearing on qualitative improvement in policing; (b) keeping abreast of the latest equipment and innovative technologies successfully introduced by other police organizations within the country or abroad, and assessing the adaptability or otherwise of such equipment and technologies by the State police. These may include new products, arms and ammunition, riot control equipment, traffic control equipment, police transport, and various scientific and electronic equipments useful for scientific aids to investigation or other policing tasks; (c) liaising and coordinating with the Bureau of Police Research and Development of Government of India, the academia, reputed scientific organizations, institutions and laboratories and private sector undertakings on relevant matters; (d) studying specific and developing problems of policing in the State with the objective of evolving solutions and remedial measures; (e) examining the prevalent system of policing and suggesting structural, institutional, and other changes that need to be introduced in the police to make its functioning more efficient and responsive; and (f) concurrently evaluating and documenting the impact of modernisation and training policies of the State police and reporting its findings to the Director General of Police and the State Government.