Cyber-ready? India's 2.1 mn police personnel had 13,000 laptops in 2019

Kerala was the only state with 23 computers per 100 police officers: the rest of the states had fewer than 20 computers.

A Delhi Police audit last month showed the force had 78,985 personnel against a sanctioned strength of 94,353--a 16 per cent shortage, according to the Indian Express. Staff is just one resource crunch the police in Delhi and India face: they don’t even have enough computers or working security cameras.

Delhi Police’s top tier is packed but its lower rung is depleted. As per 2019 data, it had 19 per cent shortage of sub-inspectors, 10 per cent shortage of head constables and a 13 per cent shortage of constables. The situation has gotten worse. The city has an alarming officer-to-field