Telangana Police

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The Telangana Police, officially known as the, Telangana State Police Department[4] is the law enforcement agency for the state of Telangana in India. It has jurisdiction concurrent with the 33 revenue districts of the state. The police force was created from the remnants of the Andhra Pradesh Police after Telangana state was formed. It is headed by the Director general of police, Ravi Gupta, and headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Structure and organization

State Police Headquarters

The Director General of Police functions from Police Directorate, located in the DGP headquarters in

Hyderabad
. The Director General of Police (DGP) is designated as the head of the department. He is assisted by a team of senior officers from the ranks of additional DG and IG of police to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG - a post equivalent in rank and status to the superintendent of police).

Districts

Each police district is either coterminous with the revenue district, or is located within a number of revenue districts. It is headed by a District Superintendent of Police (or simply called Superintendent of Police). Each district comprises two or more Sub-Divisions, several Circles and police stations.

Sub-divisions

Each Sub-division is headed by one police officer of the rank Deputy Superintendent of Police (Officers of Telangana Police Service are directly recruited officers or promoted from lower ranks) or an Assistant Superintendent of Police (Officers of Indian Police Service). The officer who heads a Sub-Division is known as S.D.P.O. resp. Sub Divisional Police Officer.

Circles

A Circle comprises several police stations. An inspector of police who heads a police circle is the Circle Inspector of Police or CI.

Stations

Telangana Police SUV

A police station is headed by an inspector (an upper subordinate rank). A police station is the basic unit of policing, responsible for prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of public order, enforcing law in general as well as for performing protection duties and making security arrangements for the constitutional authorities, government functionaries, representatives of the public in different legislative bodies and local self governments, public figures etc.

Commissionerate

A Police Commissionerate is a law enforcement body especially in the urban parts of the state. The commissionerate is headed by a Commissioner of Police. Hyderabad City Police, Cyberabad Metropolitan Police and Warangal Police Commissionerate are the local law enforcement agencies for the cities of Hyderabad and Warangal respectively.

Nizamabad, Ramagundam, and Siddipet
.

Police ranks

The

Telangana State Police designates the following ranks:[5]

Stamp of India - 2017 - Colnect 909901 - Police Day - Telangana State Police

Officers

  • Director General of Police (DGP)
  • Additional Director General of Police (Addl.DGP)
  • Inspector General of Police (
    IGP
    )
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
  • Superintendent of police (SP)
  • Additional Superintendent of Police
    (Addl.SP)
  • Assistant superintendent of police(ASP)/ Deputy superintendent of police (DSP)

Sub-ordinates

  • Circle-Inspector of Police (CI/Insp.)
  • Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
  • Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI)
  • Head Police Constable (HC)
  • Police Constable (PC)
  • Home Guard (HG)

Telangana State Police Recruitment Board

The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) is responsible for recruitment. TSLPRB is releasing recruitment notification time to time and conducting a written examination, Physical test, Medical test, and interviews for selecting best aspirants for their department and the department has about 50,000 active personnel in the State[6]

Insignia of Telangana Police (State Police)

Gazetted Officers
Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia[7][8][9]
Insignia
Rank
Director General of Police
Additional Director General of Police[a]
Inspector General of Police
Deputy Inspector General of Police
 Senior Superintendent of Police[b] Superintendent of Police
Additional superintendent of police
Assistant Superintendent of Police
Assistant Superintendent of Police
(Probationary for two years)
Assistant Superintendent of Police
(Probationary for one year)
Abbreviation DGP ADGP IGP DIG SSP SP Addl. SP ASP ASP ASP
  • Note 1: The equivalent rank to the three-star ASP in
    deputy superintendent of police
    (DSP/DySP), which is not a gazetted rank and contains the respective state police service's acronym in insignia, such as OPS for Odisha Police Service.
  • Note 2:
    Mangaluru, Jalandhar, Warangal
    etc.


Non-gazetted officers
Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia [10][11]
Insignia No insignia
Rank Inspector Assistant inspector[c] Sub-inspector Assistant sub-inspector Head constable[d] Police Naik[e] Police constable
Abbreviation INSP/PI API SI ASI HC SC PC
  • Note: Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services.


See also

Notes

  1. additional DGP
    .
  2. ^ Also known as Superintendent of Police (Selection Grade)
  3. ^ This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.
  4. ^ Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.
  5. ^ This rank is also known as senior constable, constable grade-I, and exists only in some state police forces.

References

  1. ^ "Telangana Budget Analysis 2019-20" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2019.
  2. ^ "Photos of Police Vehicles". Nizamabad PoliceNizamabad.nic.in. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Blue Colts Cops Get New Bikes". Gonizamabad.com. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ^ Kumar, Puli Sharath (17 May 2023). "Telangana police tops in national ranking: Home Minister". Deccan_Chronicle.
  5. ^ "Telangana State Police".
  6. ^ "Telangana Police Recruitment 2017".
  7. ^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.