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Telangana State Police Department | |
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Common name | Telangana State Police |
Abbreviation | TSP |
Motto | Duty, Honour, Compassion |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 2 June 2014 , Hyderabad |
Preceding agency | |
Employees | 50,000 |
Annual budget | ₹5,000 crore (US$600 million) (2019-20 est.) [1] |
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 | |
Operational structure | |
Overseen by | Government of Telangana |
Headquarters | Saifabad, Hyderabad, Telangana -500004 |
Elected officer responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency |
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Child agencies | |
Law enforcements | State Police Head Quarters of Telangana. |
Facilities | |
Police Stations | 709 |
Cars | Mahindra Bolero 5000, [2] Toyota Innova Crysta ~10,000 Tata Sumo 500 |
Motorcycles | Hero Glamour 5000 [3] |
Jeeps | Rakshak Jeeps ~5,000 |
Animals | Dogs |
Notables | |
Anniversary |
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Awards | |
Website | |
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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, Dr. Jitender, and headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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).
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.
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.
A Circle comprises several police stations. An inspector of police who heads a police circle is the Circle Inspector of Police or CI.
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.
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.
The Telangana State Police designates the following ranks: [5]
HigherOfficers
Sub-ordinates
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]
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Rank | Director general of police | Additional director general of police [lower-alpha 1] | Inspector general of police | Deputy inspector general of police | Senior superintendent of police [lower-alpha 2] | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Insignia | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Inspector | Assistant inspector [lower-alpha 3] | Sub-inspector | Assistant sub-inspector | Head constable [lower-alpha 4] | Police Naik [lower-alpha 5] | Police constable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | INSP/PI | API | SI | ASI | HC | SC | PC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sl. No. | Name | Batch | Tenure |
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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 |
Sl. No. | Name | Batch | Tenure |
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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 |
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