List of police ranks in India

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The following are ranks in the police forces of India.

Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Metropolitan Police and State Police forces respectively.


Ranks of Non-Gazetted Officers [edit]

(This ranks is an extra gazetted rank as per in below states bearing with only few officers in the whole Country. This officers often get nomination to IPS if they are being promoting to higher ranks)

Insignia of Gazetted & Non-Gazetted Officers [edit]

The Indian Police Service (IPS) uses insignia on its shoulder flashes which are similar to those used by the Indian Army. Since Police Inspectors and officers below this rank are recruited by states individually, the insignias vary slightly thought the rank structure is the same. For example Maharashtra Police constables use Yellow Epaulet on blue background for Constable ranks while Tamil Nadu Police use Black Chevrons on red background on right sleeve.

Indian Police Service Officer Rank Insignia
Insignia Director IB Insignia.png Director General of Police.png Inspector General of Police.png Deputy Inspector General of Police.png Senior Superintendent of Police.png Superintendent of Police.png Additional SP IPS.png DySP IPS.png Assistant SP IPS 2.png Assistant SP IPS 1.png
Rank Director of Intelligence Bureau (GOI)¹ Commissioner of Police (State) or Director General of Police² Joint Commissioner of Police or Inspector General of Police Additional Commissioner of Police or Deputy Inspector General of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police Assistant Commissioner of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 2 years of service) Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 1 year of service)
Abbreviation DIB CP or DGP JCP or IGP ADL.CP or DIG DCP or SSP DCP or SP ADL.DCP or ASP ACP or DSP ASST.SP ASST.SP
  • ¹ Although DIB is a 4 star post and not a rank, it's given to the senior most IPS officer in Intelligence Bureau.
  • ² Rank insignia of CP/DGP is similar to Spl.CP/ADGP (not shown above).
  • Note: Commissioner of Police designation can only be used by ADL.CP/DIG, JCP/IGP and CP/DGP, where the latter is called Commissioner of Police (State) and the former ones Commissioner of Police (City).
Indian State Police Gazetted Officer Rank Insignia
Insignia SSP State Police.png SP State Police.png Assistant Superintendent of Police.png Deupty Superintendent of Police.png
Rank Deputy Commissioner of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police Assistant Commissioner of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police
Abbreviation DCP or SSP DCP or SP ADL.DCP or ASP ACP or DSP
  • Note: Gazetted officers belonging to Indian State Police Service(s) lie between ranks ACP/DSP and DCP/SSP.
    • To gain promotion to ADL.CP/DIG rank, officers undergo training and hence are awarded IPS.
Indian State Police Non-Gazetted Officer Rank Insignia
Insignia Police Inspector.png Police Sub-Inspector.png Police Assistant Sub-Inspector.png Police Head Constable.png Senior Police Constable.png No Insignia¹
Rank Inspector of Police Sub-Inspector of Police Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police Police Head Constable Senior Police Constable Police Constable
Abbreviation INS SI ASI HPC SPC PC
  • ¹ Police Constable has no insignia except the khaki uniform.
  • Note: Colour pattern and size of chevron may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police Services.
  • NOTE: The Rank of Police Inspector in the state of Tripura, West Bengal, Assam & Bihar are divided into two Insignia, one is gazetted & another is non-gazetted. Gazetted one will wear on their shoulders-ONE STAR WITHOUT RIBBON EXACT LIKE ABOVE IPS 1st YEAR (Which is also designated as ASST.SP,C.I,Sr.INSP,O/C,INSP as per the area one gazette controls in the state). But non-gazetted inspector will only wear-THREE STAR WITH RIBBON AS LIKE ABOVE INSPECTOR INSIGNIA.

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