धारा 26 · Organizational structure of District Armed Reserves

(1) The District Armed Police Reserve shall be headed by an officer of the rank of either a Deputy Superintendent of Police (Armed Reserve) or an Additional Superintendent of Police (Armed Reserve), depending on the manpower strength of the Armed Reserve set-up of the District. (2) The District Armed Reserve will be sub-divided into appropriate numbers of Platoons, each headed by a Reserve Sub-Inspector. The Platoons will be further subdivided into Sections, each of which will be headed by a senior Havilder or senior Head Constable. Each Section shall have two Havilders or Head Constables who could lead the half-Sections when so deployed. (3) The deployment of the District Armed Reserve for performing law and order duty with arms shall ordinarily not be in less than Section strength. Only when large-scale deployments have to be made, covering a wide area, and when firearms are not needed, the Armed Reserve set-up could be utilized in the strength of half-Sections. (4) Each Armed Reserve set-up shall have an appropriate number of Reserve Inspectors to deal with general administration of the Reserve, maintenance of equipment and stores, and training. (5) It shall be the duty of the District Superintendent of Police to ensure that the personnel of the Reserve are deployed in a manner that ensures their regular training and constant preparedness for their tasks, as also a fair rotation between duty and rest for them.