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The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Indian CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force). It was established on 11 December 1991 with headquarters in New Delhi, and became fully operational in October 1992, to deal with riots, riot like situations, crowd control, rescue and relief operations, and related unrest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Rapid Action Force (RAF) )〕 It currently has 10 specialised trained and equipped battalions, which are numbered 99 to 108 in the CRPF, located at New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahemadabad, Bhopal, Aligarh, Meerut, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Coimbatore and Allahabhad. It has 2 ranges: New Delhi and Mumbai. This force, with just 11 years of service to the nation was given special honour giving separate colour (Flag) by the President of India. RAF celebrates its anniversary on 7 October each year by rotation at different unit locations. RAF is having a distinct dress of blue disruptive pattern that symbolises peace. Its motto is "Serving Humanity with Sensitive Policing." The force is equipped with non-lethal weapons for dispersing the crowd with minimum harm and losses. The companies of RAF are kept always in readiness for rapid deployment when situation so demands. The companies of RAF are deployed only by the orders of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on specific demands from state governments, and are normally not deployed for long duration. ==Administration== RAF is commanded by an Inspector-General of Police (IGP), functioning at New Delhi. The RAF is divided into two ranges headed by a DIGP at New Delhi and Mumbai. Since 2015, Mr K S Bhandari has led the RAF as an IGP. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rapid Action Force」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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