For the purpose of efficiency in the general administration of the district, it shall be lawful for the District Magistrate, in addition to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 and other relevant Acts, to coordinate the functioning of the police with other agencies of district administration in respect of matters relating to the following:
(a) the promotion of land reforms and the settlement of land disputes;
(b) extensive disturbance of the public peace and tranquility in the district;
(c) the conduct of elections to any public body;
(d) the handling of natural calamities and rehabilitation of the persons affected thereby;
(e) situations arising out of any external aggression or internal disturbances;
(f) any similar matter, not within the purview of any one department and affecting the general welfare of the public of the district; and
(g) removal of any persistent public grievance.
14. Railway Police
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, create one or more special police districts embracing such railway areas in the State as it may specify, and appoint a Superintendent of Police, one or more Assistant and Deputy Superintendent and such other police officers for each such special district as it may deem fit.
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(2) Subject to the control of the Director General of Police, such police officers shall discharge police functions connected with the administration of railways situated within their respective charges, and such other functions as State Government may from time to time assign them.
(3) Any police officer whom the State Government may by general or special order empower to act under this sub-section, may, subject to any orders which the government may make in this behalf, exercise within the special district or any part thereof any of the powers of an officer-in-charge of a Police Station in that district. While exercising such power he shall, subject to any such order as aforesaid, be deemed to be an officer-in-charge of the Police Station discharging the functions of such officer within the limits of his Station.
(4) Subject to any general or special orders which the State Government may make in this behalf, such police officers shall, in the discharge of their function, be vested within every part of the state, with the powers and privileges and be subject to liabilities of police officers under this Act or any other law for the time being in force.
(5) The Superintendent of Police may, with the previous permission of the State Government, delegate any of the powers and functions conferred on him by or under this Act, to an Assistant or Deputy Superintendent.
15. State Intelligence and Criminal Investigation Departments
(1) The state police organization shall have a State Intelligence Department for collection, collation, analysis and dissemination of intelligence, and a Criminal Investigation Department for investigating inter-state, inter-district crimes and other specified offences, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter IX of this Act.
(2) The State Government shall appoint a police officer of or above the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police to head each of the aforesaid departments.
(3) The Criminal Investigation Department shall have specialized wings to deal with different types of crime requiring focused attention or special expertise for investigation. Each of these wings shall be headed by an officer not below the rank of a Superintendent of Police.
(4) The State Intelligence Department shall have specialized wings, to deal with and coordinate specialized tasks such as measures for counter terrorism, counter militancy and VIP Security.
(5) The State Government shall appoint by rules prescribed under this Act, an appropriate number of officers from different ranks to serve in the Criminal Investigation Department, and the State Intelligence Department, as deemed appropriate with due regard to the volume and variety of tasks to be handled.