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The Andhra Pradesh Special Protection Force (APSPF) was raised in accordance
with the provisions of the APSPF Act, 1991 to meet the ever-growing need for an
effective industrial security management in Andhra Pradesh. This specialised
force has been growing slowly and steadily and its role has been expanding in a
diversified manner.
The APSPF has been basically formed for the protection and
security of government-controlled institutions, treasuries, autonomous, bodies,
establishments, industrial undertakings and the employees of all such
organisations.
The members of the Special Protection Force (SPF) are empowered
to search any premises, person and his belongings and arrest any person without
warrant, if there is reason to believe that any cognizable offence relating to
the property/physical safety of persons in the concerned organisations has
already occurred or being attempted by some one.
Functions
This department is providing Security and Protection to the Government
Treasuries, Institutions owned and controlled by the State and also to provide
protection and Security to Autonomous bodies, Establishments, Institutions,
Industrial undertakings, Nationalized banks including RBI, Major Temples in the
State.
Services
Diversified services
Apart from providing protection/security, the SPF personnel have
been successful in preventing several possible cases of
pilferage/theft/sabotage in the industrial establishments as well as detecting
many cases of theft/unauthorised transportation of valuable items/goods from
organisations like MIDHANI, Nalco, RTS Ramagundam, RTPP Kalamalla, etc.
The guard charges are collected from the user organisations and
remitted to the state Government. It is estimated that there would be a surplus
of about Rs.2 crores per annum after incurring the budgeted expenditure (Rs. 16
Crores) of the APSPF, once this establishment is brought on to a
self-sustaining path.
There are proposals to have a separate campus for the APSPF for
administrative and training purposes. Once this materialises, a self-sufficient
SPF would be able to serve better and effectively the security interests of the
industrial organisations. Specialised training in Post-Protection duties and
use of electronic gadgets and equipment for security to the SPF personnel who
man the security setup of banks, temples, micro-wave stations etc., is
contemplated to make them more relevant to the changed needs of
security/protection of industrial and functional organisations.
There is increased demand for the SPF services not only from the
government organisations, but also from several banks, private sector
companies, etc. Plans are under active consideration of the government to make
this force self-sufficient, better trained, cost-competitive as well as
self-sustaining in the long-term to cater to the ever expanding
security/protection needs of a variety of organisations. Once these plans are
put into action, the SPF would surely grow from strength to strength towards a
safer Andhra Pradesh
Organization
The APSPF at present is headed by an Additional DGP, who is
assisted by two IGs, two commandants and 11 Assistant Commandants. Each
industrial organisation, from where the SPF operates, is guarded by a
contingent of guards, HCs and supervised by an RSI/RI, depending on the size
and security requirements of that particular undertaking. The assistant
Commandants/Commandants are incharge of a group of companies located in a
geographically contiguous and functionally convenient way.
The SPF, which was raised with strength of around 173 members in
1992, has today grown as a strong face, having dedicated and committed manpower
of 2529. The number of industrial organisations getting the SPF cover had also
increased from 43 in 1993 to 122 as of now. The type of organisations covered
by the SPF include Andhra Pradesh owned power plants, joint sector industrial
plants, the AP Secretariat, AP High Court, various temples in AP like Tirumala
Tirupati Devasthanam, Srisailam temple, simhachalam and Vemulavada temples,
etc, government press some nationalised and private banks, National Aluminum
Company in Visakhapatnam and dams at Nagarjuna Sagar, Srisailam, etc.
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