Telangana Police

Telangana State Police Department
Telangana State Police Department
	Telangana state Police Badge
Common name	Telangana State Police
Abbreviation	TSP
Motto	Duty, Honour, Compassion
Agency overview
Formed	2 June 2014(9 years ago), Hyderabad
Preceding agency	Andhra Pradesh State Police ;
Employees	50,000
Annual budget	₹5,000 crore (US$630 million) (2019-20 est.)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Telangana, India
	Telangana Police jurisdictional area
Size	114,840 square kilometres (44,340 sq mi)
Population	35,193,978
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	Ravi Gupta , IPS, (Director General of Police);
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 ~10000 Tata Sumo,
Motorcycles	Hero Glamour 5000
Jeeps	Rakshak Jeeps ~5000
Animals	Dogs
Notables
Anniversary	2 June;
Awards	President's Police Medal ; Indian Police Medal ;
Website
	www.tspolice.gov.in

Last updated May 07, 2024

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

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]

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 ^{[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

Note 1: The equivalent rank to the three-star ASP in State Police Services is the 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: Commissioner of police is a post is held by different rank officers in different places. For example, it is held by DG rank officers only in Delhi and Mumbai; by Addl. DG rank officers in Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Guwahati etc; by IG rank officers in Trivandrum, Gurgaon, Kochi, Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mysore etc; by DIG rank officers in Kozhikode, Howrah, Amravati, Mangaluru, Jalandhar, Warangal etc.

Non-gazetted officers

**Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia**^[10]^[11]
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

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

Notes

↑ Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP.
↑ Also known as superintendent of police (selection grade)
↑ 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.

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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] This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.

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

[16] 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)