(a)As local conditions differ greatly throughout the province no system of town patrols which will be generally applicable can be laid down. Superintendents shall prescribe a suitable system for the towns in their districts. The rules shall be clearly drawn up in the district order book and a copy supplied to each police-station concerned. A copy in the vernacular shall be hung up in each town outpost.(b)The town area shall be divided into beats and at certain important localities fixed posts shall also be established so that the public as well as the beat constables may know where to apply for aid in case of necessity. Ordinarily one-tenth of the force of each outpost shall be reserved for vacancies, sickness, etc. Two-thirds of the remainder shall be detailed for night duty, the remaining one-third being utilised for day duty. Duty shall be so arranged that every head constable and constable shall have one night out of every three off duty. The desirability of having a certain proportion of the town staff working in plain clothes shall be borne in mind as well as the necessity for concentrating rather on the bye-lanes and the backs of houses than on main thoroughfares. Uniformed constables when proceeding from the outpost on duty shall invariably be inspected and marched off by a head constable.The force in particular beats may be strengthened when the state of crime necessitates it by a corresponding decrease in other beats.(c)Town constables should be frequently instructed in the necessity for noticing small details, e.g., open doors at night, suspicious noises, men lurking in the shadows, etc. They shall also be well-acquainted with all resident bad characters, their appearance, associates and the places they frequent, all sarais, hotels, licensed liquor shops, etc.(d)A roster of daily duties in B.P. Form No. 61 shall be maintained at each town outpost which shall show how each officer is employed every day as well as the daily number of thefts and burglaries which occur in each beat.(e)Rural patrol. - Each patrol party proceeding from a rural outpost shall be given a command certificate in which the villages they will visit and the bad characters they will look up shall be clearly mentioned. On their return to the outpost, the patrol parties will report on the back of the command certificate how the patrolling was carried out and whether the bad characters were found present.Note. - Detailed instructions and suggestions for carrying out these patrols will be found in "Notes on patrols" by Sir Douglas Gordon, C.I.E., J.P.
