Gujarat became second state to come up with a latest police manual

After Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat has become the second state to come up with a latest manual for the police in recent times. The new manual has been drafted for the Gujarat police force after a gap of 45 years.

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Some of the new points included in it are tools to detect cyber-crimes, forensic science, social media monitoring tools, multi-level marketing frauds, fake currency, human trafficking and organised crimes.

The new manual will be uploaded on the ”Pocket Cop” mobile application in the form of an e-book to maximise its reach among the police fraternity.

It was in 1975 that the first Gujarat Police manual was introduced to assist police personnel in furtherance of their duty.

It also contains details about new technologies in policing such as the Cyber Forensic Cell, instruments for Cyber Crime investigation and social media monitoring tools, along with the inclusion of procedure to curb and control new financial crimes, drug trafficking, human trafficking and transnational terrorism.