Telangana Police

Telangana Police Department
Telangana Police Department
	Telangana Police Badge
Common name	Telangana Police
Abbreviation	TGP
Motto	Duty, Honour, Compassion
Agency overview
Formed	2 June 2014(10 years ago), Hyderabad
Preceding agency	Andhra Pradesh State Police ;
Employees	1,00,000
Annual budget	₹5,000 crore (US$570 million) (2019-20 est.)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Telangana, India
	Telangana Police jurisdictional area
Size	114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi)
Population	3,51,93,978
Legal jurisdiction	Telangana, India
Governing body	Government of Telangana
General nature	Local civilian police ;
Operational structure
Overseen by	Government of Telangana
Headquarters	Saifabad, Hyderabad, Telangana -500004
Elected officer responsible	Anumula Revanth Reddy, Home Minister of Telangana ;
Agency executive	Dr. Jitender, IPS, Director General of Police, Telangana.;
Parent agency	Ministry of Home Department of Telangana; Government of Telangana ; Central Reserve Police Force (Central);
Child agencies	Hyderabad City Police ; Siddipet Police Commissionerate ; Ramagundam Police Commissionerate ; Cyberabad Metropolitan Police ; Rachakonda Police Commissionerate ; Warangal Police Commissionerate ; Nizamabad Police Commissionerate ;
Law enforcements	State Police Head Quarters of Telangana.
Facilities
Police Stations	709
Cars	Mahindra Bolero 5000, Toyota Innova Crysta ≈10,000 Tata Sumo 500
Motorcycles	Hero Glamour 5000
Jeeps	Rakshak Jeeps ≈5,000
Animals	Dogs
Notables
Anniversary	2 June;
Awards	President's Police Medal ; Indian Police Medal ;
Website
	www.tspolice.gov.in

Last updated March 19, 2025

The Telangana Police, officially known as the, Telangana 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, Dr. Jitender, and headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Structure and organization
State Police Headquarters
Districts
Sub-divisions
Circles
Stations
Commissionerate
Police ranks
Telangana State Police Recruitment Board
Insignia of Telangana Police (State Police)
List of Directors General of Police
After bifurcation (2014-Present)
Before bifurcation (1956–2014)
See also
Notes
References

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

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.

Government of Telangana has issued ordinance for new commissionerates at Rachakonda commissionerate, Karimnagar, Khammam, Nizamabad, Ramagundam, and Siddipet.

Police ranks

The Telangana State Police designates the following ranks:^[5]

HigherOfficers

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)/(Commissioner of Police(CP))
Deputy Superintendent of Police((DSP) Assistant Superintendent of Police((ASP))
Assistant Commissioner of police(ACP)/(Deputy Commissioner of police India|(DCP)

Sub-ordinates

Circle-Inspector of Police (CI/Insp.)
Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI)
Head Police Constable (HPC)
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 ASP in State Police Services is the deputy superintendent of police (DSP/DySP). Note 2: The commissioner of police is a post typically held by DIG and above rank officers.

Non-gazetted officers

**Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia**^[10]^[11]
Insignia							No insignia
Rank	Inspector ^[c]	Assistant inspector^[d]	Sub-inspector	Assistant sub-inspector	Head constable ^[e]	Senior Constable ^[f]	Police constable
Abbreviation	INSP/PI	API	SI	ASI	HC	SC	PC

Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services.

List of Directors General of Police

After bifurcation (2014-Present)

Sl. No.	Name	Batch	Tenure
1	Sri Anurag Sharma, IPS	1982 (RR)	3-6-2014 – 12-11-2017
2	Dr. M. Mahender Reddy, IPS	1986 (RR)	12-11-2017 – 31-12-2022
3	Sri Anjani Kumar, IPS	1990 (RR)	31-12-2022 – 3-12-2023
4	Sri Ravi Gupta, IPS	1990 (RR)	3-12-2023 – 10-07-2024
5	Dr. Jitender, IPS	1992 (RR)	10-07-2024 – present

Before bifurcation (1956–2014)

Sl. No.	Name	Batch	Tenure
1	Sri A. K. K. Nambiar, IPS	1935 (SPS)	1-11-1956 to 2-8-1967
2	Sri Sivakumar Lal, IPS	1935 (SPS)	3-8-1967 to 6-10-1968
3	Sri Atma Jayaram, IPS	1942 (SPS)	7-10-1968 to 6-11-1971
4	Sri B. N Kalyan Rao, IPS	1943 (SPS)	7-11-1971 to 15-7-1973
5	Sri Abdus Salam Khan, IPS	1947 (SPS)	16-7-1973 to 30-4-1975
6	Sri K. Ramachandra Reddy, IPS	1944 (SPS)	1-5-1975 to 31-10-1978
7	Sri M. V. Narayana Rao, IPS	1948 (RR)	1-11-1978 to 31-3-1982
8	Sri S. Ananda Ram, IPS	1950 (RR)	1-4-1982 to 10-4-1983
9	Sri K. G. Erady, IPS	1952 (RR)	11-4-1983 to 21-8-1984
10	Sri M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS	1953 (RR)	22-8-1984 to 16-1-1985
11	Sri P. V. G. Krishnamacharyulu, IPS	1951 (RR)	17-1-1985 to 28-2-1986
12	Sri C. G. Saldanha, IPS	1953 (RR)	1-3-1986 to 31-3-1987
13	Sri P. S. Rammohan Rao, IPS	1956 (RR)	1-4-1987 to 9-2-1989
14	Sri Sushil Kumar, IPS	1955 (RR)	10-2-1989 to 23-4-1990
15	Sri R. Prabhakar Rao, IPS	1957 (RR)	24-4-1990 to 28-2-1992
16	Sri T. Suryanarayana Rao, IPS	1958 (RR)	1-3-1992 to 28-2-1994
17	Sri M. V. Bhaskar Rao, IPS	1962 (RR)	1-3-1994 to 16-12-1994
18	Sri R. K. Ragaala, IPS	1962 (RR)	16-12-1994 to 31-7-1995
19	Sri M. S. Raju, IPS	1962 (RR)	31-7-1995 to 30-11-1996
20	Sri H. J. Dora, IPS	1965 (RR)	30-11-1996 to 18-02-2002
21	Sri Pervaram Ramulu, IPS	1967 (RR)	18-02-2002 to 31-07-2003
22	Sri S. R. Sukumara, IPS	1967 (RR)	31-07-2003 to 31-12-2004
23	Sri Noel Swaranjit Sen, IPS	1968 (RR)	31-12-2004 to 31-12-2006
24	Sri M. A. Basith, IPS	1970 (RR)	01-01-2007 to 31-10-2007
25	Sri S. S. P. Yadav, IPS	1972 (RR)	31-10-2007 to 07-10-2009
26	Sri R. R. Girish Kumar, IPS	1976 (RR)	07-10-2009 to 31-08-2010
27	Sri K. Aravinda Rao, IPS	1977 (RR)	01-09-2010 to 30-06-2011
28	Sri V. Dinesh Reddy, IPS	1977 (RR)	30-06-2011 to 29-10-2013
29	Dr. B. Prasada Rao, IPS	1979 (RR)	30-10-2013 to 02-06-2014

Notes

↑ Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP.
↑ Also known as superintendent of police (selection grade)
↑ One-star rank insignia only used in the West Bengal Police. All other police forces use the three-star with red and blue band rank insignia.
↑ This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.
↑ Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.
↑ This rank is also known as senior constable, constable grade-I, and exists only in some state police forces.

References

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

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[10] Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP.

[11] Also known as superintendent of police (selection grade)

[14] One-star rank insignia only used in the West Bengal Police. All other police forces use the three-star with red and blue band rank insignia.

[15] This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.

[16] Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.

[17] This rank is also known as senior constable, constable grade-I, and exists only in some state police forces.

[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".

[State_profile-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.

[12] "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police . Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[13] "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police . Retrieved 15 August 2017.

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v t e State agencies of Telangana
Public Sector Undertakings	Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) Industrial Development Corporation (TSIIC) Tourism Development Corporation (TSTDC) Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) Power Generation Corporation (TSGENCO) Power Transmission Corporation (TSTRANSCO) Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL) Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) Excise Department Beverages Corporation Forest Department Agriculture Department Telangana Police Vaidya Vidhana Parishad
Board	Housing Board (THB) Pollution Control Board (TPCB) Intermediate Education (BIE) Secondary Education (BSE) Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB)
Autonomous Bodies	Public Service Commission(TSPSC) Election Commission (TSEC)
Nodal Agencies	Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation(GHMC) Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) Hyderabad Airport Development Authority Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Kakatiya Urban Development Authority (KUDA) Nizamabad Municipal Corporation Karimnagar Municipal Corporation Khammam Municipal Corporation Ramagundam Municipal Corporation Quli Qutb Shah Urban Development Authority (QQSUDA)