The Superintendent of Police (SP) is a rank in Indian police forces held by an officer who serves as the head of a rural police district. Other officers of the same rank may lead specialised wings or units. In cities under commissionerate system,an SP and SSP may serve as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) under the Commissioner of Police. The SP reports directly to the district magistrate (collector),the administrative head of a revenue district,who has general control and direction over police administration. Additionally,an SP sends monthly reports to the Director General of Police (DGP) through the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers which are Group A officers of the cadre and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.
Greyhounds is a police special forces unit of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police departments in India. Greyhounds specialises in counter-insurgency operations against Naxalite and Maoist terrorists.
C. Sylendra Babu is an Indian Police Service Officer who served as the Director General of Police and Head of Police Force,Tamil Nadu Police. He retired on June 30,2023 and was succeeded by Shankar Jiwal,IPS.
Muthyala Stephen Raveendra is Additional Director General of Police,Greyhounds,Telangana Police,appointed on 10 July 2024. In the past,he was Police commissioner of Cyberabad Metropolitan Police from 25 August 2021 through 12 December 2023,and Inspector General of Police of West Zone also holding full additional charge as Deputy Inspector General of Police
The Telangana Police,officially known as the,Telangana State Police Department 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,Dr. Jitender,and headquartered in Hyderabad,Telangana.
Alok Kumar Verma is a former director of the Central Bureau of Investigation in India,who also served as Commissioner of Delhi Police and Director General of Tihar Jail. A 1979 batch IPS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories cadre,Verma has over 39 years of experience in the Indian Police Service (IPS).
Rajeev Kumar is a former Director General of Police of the state of Jharkhand. He held highly responsible positions during his career. He is a 1991 batch IPS officer. He was appointed as the DGP Jharkhand in the year 2013 and served for two years thereafter. In the year 1997,he was awarded the President's Police Medal for Meritorious services and in the year 2014,he was also awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished services.
Pramod Kumar Thakur or P. K. Thakur,is a retired Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officer of Bihar state in India,currently serving as Information commissioner in the state of Bihar. He served as Director General of Police of Bihar Police from June 2014 until his retirement in February 2018. He belongs to the I.P.S. batch of 1980. He has also served as Director General in Bihar. He was awarded with National Security Guard Disc for his outstanding work in the Central Police Organization as Inspector General (Administration). He was appointed on the post of Information commissioner of Bihar State Information Commission in October 2018.
Mudireddy Mahendar Reddy is the Chairman of the Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC) and he was an Indian police Service officer (1986-batch) he was the 2nd and former Director general of police of Telangana since from 10 April 2018. He previously served as the first Commissioner of Police,Hyderabad City after the formation of Telangana.
Subodh Kumar Jaiswal is an Indian police officer who served as the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He is a 1985 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and former Director General of Police,Maharashtra. He was previously the police commissioner of Mumbai,the largest city in India and the seventh most populous city in the world. Jaiswal was with the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW),India's external intelligence agency for nine years,during which he served as the additional secretary of R&AW for three years. Jaiswal has also served in Intelligence Bureau and Maharashtra ATS Chief. He was the head of the Central Industrial Security Force. Jaiswal's career began in 1985 as a trainee officer in Aurangabad,where he was subsequently assigned the full posting as the Assistant Commissioner of Police.
Vishwanath Channappa Sajjanar is an Indian law enforcement and police officer who was the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of Telangana,now serving as managing director of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation. He is native of Hubballi,Karnataka state. Vishwanath Sajjanar is known to focus on women and child safety issues. He is also known for his strong focus on community and citizen friendly policing,cybercrime and human trafficking. Sajjanar began his career as an Assistant Superintendent of Police of Jangaon. He also served as the Inspector General of Police.
Nidigattu Sanjay,better known as N. Sanjay,is a Silver jubilee 1996-batch Regular Recruit (RR) Indian Police Service Officer belonging to Andhra Pradesh cadre. At present,Sanjay is the Chief of AP Criminal Investigation Department. He also holds full additional charges as Director-General of AP Disaster Response and Fire Services and as Director,AP Police Personnel and Training.
Commissioners of Police in India are IPS officers who head the police force in a police commissionerate. A police commissionerate can combine several adjoining districts under it. A Police Commissioner may or may not hold certain powers of the executive magistrate,contrary to the Superintendent of Police (SP) or Senior SP (SSP) in charge of a police district who depends on the district magistrate to issue orders. Commissioner of Police (CP) is a post that can be held by an IPS officer of the rank SP and above,depending upon the sanction provided by the respective state government.
The Lucknow Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Lucknow,the capital of Uttar Pradesh,India. It is a police unit of Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation in Lucknow district.
The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a unit of the Uttar Pradesh Police and has the primary responsibilities of law enforcement and investigation within the limits of Varanasi. It is headed by the Commissioner of Police (CP),who is an IPS officer of ADGP rank,and is assisted by two Additional Commissioners of Police who are of DIG rank,and two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCP),who are of SP rank.
Manoj Malaviya is a 1986 batch Indian Police Service officer who is currently the State Police Advisor (SPA),West Bengal,an ex-cadre post equivalent to DGP rank. Before this he served as the Director General of West Bengal Police from August 2021 to December 2023. He has held several important positions in his career,including Additional Commissioner of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security in Delhi,and Deputy Commissioner of Police in Kolkata Police. He was promoted to the rank of Director General in 2017 and held the post till 2023.
Harish Kumar Gupta,IPS,is principal secretary (home),government of Andhra Pradesh. He belongs to the 1992 batch of the Indian Police Service. Harish Kumar Gupta hails from Jammu and Kashmir (state). His career spanning over three decades began in the nineties in Undivided Andhra Pradesh. After the bifurcation of the state in 2014,he was retained in the residuary Andhra Pradesh.
C. V. Anand is an Indian Police Service officer. He currently serves as the Commissioner of Police,Hyderabad in the rank of Director general of police. He earlier served as the Commissioner of Police,Cyberabad and as the Commissioner of Police,Vijayawada.
The Commissioner of Police,Hyderabad City is the head of Hyderabad City Police.
