Situated at the gateway to the criminal justice process,the police have a major impact on what b e c o m e s defined as crime andwhich offences are prioritised. The police have a great role to play in promotion of communal harmony and national integration. Social expectations have placed new demands upon policing, especially in terms of becoming more sensitive and responsive to community needs. Keeping all these concerns as guidelines, Dumka police's endeavour has been to enforce the law of the land with proper care for the sentiments of different sections of the society 

This district has a long history of anti-imperialist struggle and the people even now are quite independent in their thoughts and actions. After the formation of separate state of Jharkhand, the expectations have gone up and it is a constant battle to keep pace with these expectations. Dumka police is always in forefront to meet these expectations. Dumka is a tribal dominated district as a result of which tribal culture and system is predominant the way of living of other communities living in the district. Naxalism has not taken its root because of Santhal culture and their system and their own village administrative set up. Leaving apart the naxal related crime, regular crime like murder, loot and dacoity are completely under control and are in declining tendency because of effective, determined and strong police action.

Dumka police is not only fighting with the traditional crime, but also with the today's main threat to national internal security, i.e. naxalism. In Dumka District the first wall writing by Naxal outfits was done in different places of Gopikandar, Ramah and Muffasil P.S. area in the name of K.C.C. in December, 2005. Thereafter on different occasion such as "martyr day" wall writing was done under Ramgarh, Kathikund and Gopikandar P.S. area. On enquiry during patrols conducted it become evident that armed squad of 8-10 naxal outfit is moving from one village to another village and holding meetings with villagers during night. It also transpired that the squad moves during night and takes shelter in the villages. Badri Roy
of Saruapani under Kathikund P.S. who is the sub-zonal commander is the leader and invites naxal outfit for propagating maoist philosophy and highlighting local problems and inability of government to solve these problem. On enquiry it became clear that Philiman Kisku, Santosh Kisku, Gunadhar Grihi, anchanand Roy, Gobardhan Roy are working as dalam members under the leader ship of Badri Roy. Badri Roy, Gunadhar Girihi and active member Suleman Hansda have been arrested. Santosh Kisku, Urmila Devi disassociated from naxal outfit.

It is the conviction of the Dumka police that the police have a great role to play in promotion of communal harmony and national integration. Interaction with vision, understanding, tact, compassion and humour by the police will not only raise the public esteem of the police but will also lead to a healthy police- public relationship, and secure the desired measures of public involvement and cooperation in promotion of communal harmony. To put this into action Dumka police launched community policing programs on massive scale. All officers-in-charge of the police station has been instructed to solve small disputes in village panchayat with the help of Pradhan and villagers so that parties concerned could be saved from unnecessary monetary loss and undue harassment. To reduce the gap between police and public, Dumka police has organised workshop on "Gap between police and public -Reason and Remedy", "Role of Police on empowerment of women".

So far many football tournaments have been organised. Time to time meetings with village pradhan have been organised to make police people friendly.

On various occasions Blanket, umbrellas & Gamchas were distributed. Dumka police is striving hard to achieve its main objective that "encouraging a high standard of professionalism within the Dumka Police and to see it become more proactive and preventive in its service and approach to law enforcement".