The Punjab Police has a broad array of specialised services, including the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of the Constitution of India.

On 7 September 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs.

The Punjab Police was equipped with the .303 rifles, AK-47, AK-56 and 561 Sten guns, but modernisation with advanced weapons is now taking place.

[21] The Punjab Police has 3083 vehicles[3] and patrol cars like the Mahindra Scorpio Getaways[22][23] and Maruti Gypsys.

They have been trained exclusively in Krav Maga, room intervention, close and open techniques and other secret tactics.

[32] The teams are provided with: Weapons The Punjab SWAT handled counter-terrorism operation at Dina Nagar[33] Police Station in a 2015 Gurdaspur attack[34][35] by killing all three suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.

After such a partition and the period of communal disturbances a parallel of which is not known, you had to face great difficulties and you have in fact performed a miracle in reorganising your force in such a short time and such a splendid manner.