Telangana Police

Telangana. State Police Department
Telangana. State Police Department
	Logo of the Telangana Police Department
Common name	Telangana State Police
Motto	Duty, Honour, Compassion
Agency overview
Formed	2 June 2014
Annual budget	₹4,621 crore (US$550 million) (2019-20 est.)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Telangana, IN
	Telangana Police jurisdictional area
Size	114,840 km2
Legal jurisdiction	State of Telangana
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Office of the Director General of Police, Saifabad, Hyderabad, Telangana -500004
Elected officer responsible	Mohammad Mahmood Ali, Home Minister of Telangana;
Agency executive	M. Mahender Reddy, IPS, Director General of Police;
Parent agency	Home Department, Government of Telangana
Law enforcements	State Police Head Quarters of Telangana. Active police personnel 50,000.
Website
	www.tspolice.gov.in

The Telangana State Police Department, is the law enforcement agency for the state of Telangana in India. The Telangana State Police has jurisdiction concurrent with the 31 revenue districts of the state which is headed by an officer designated as the Director General of Police(DGP)of the state reports to the state government through the Home (Police) Department. The police force was created from the remnants of the Andhra Pradesh Police after Telangana state was formed.

Structure and organization

Telangana State Police Recruitment Board

The Telangana State Police Recruitment Board known as TSLPRB is Responsible for recruitment in Telangana Police Department. TSLPRB is releasing recruitment notification time to time and conducting 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^[3]

Police ranks

The Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Police designates the following ranks:

Officers

Director General of Police (DGP)
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)
Inspector General of Police (IGP)
Deputy Inspector General of Police(DIG)
Commissioner of police(CP)
Additional Commissioner of police (ACP)
Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP)
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
Superintendent of Police (SP)
Additional Superintendent of Police(ASP)
Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP) (IPS)
Deputy Superintendent Of Police(DSP)

Sub-ordinates

Circle-Inspector of Police(CI)
Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI)
Head Police Constable(HC)
Senior Police Constable(SPC)
Police Constable(PC)
Home guard(HG)

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 additional 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.

Ranks

The Director General functions from Police Directorate, located in the DGP headquarters in Hyderabad. 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)

Insignia of Telangana Police (State Police)

Superior officers

**State Police Services rank insignia**^[4]
Insignia
Rank	Superintendent of police	Additional superintendent of police	Deputy superintendent of police
Abbreviation	SP	Addl.SP	DSP/Dy.SP

Note: Gazetted officers in State Police Services begins from DSP and above.^[5] In the Indian Police Service (IPS), rank starts from Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), which is equivalent to DSP in state services.

Junior officers/Subordinate officers

**State Police Services rank insignia**^[6]^[7]
Insignia
Rank	Inspector	Assistant inspector^[a]
Abbreviation	INSP/PI	API

Note: In certain states, Inspector and Assistant Inspector is also included in State Police Services.^[8] Note: Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to different State Police Services.

References

^ "Telangana Budget Analysis 2019-20" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2019.
^ IPS M.Mahender Reddy appointed as DGP of Telangana ^{[dead link]}
^ "Telangana Police Recruitment 2017".
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- "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- "Kerala: Cops unhappy over promotion delay". The Times of India. 6 January 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- "Can SP be a non-IPS". sylendrababu.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- Kumar, S. Vijay (14 March 2018). "Non-cadre postings irk IPS officers". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Nuh Police, Government of Haryana". mewat.haryanapolice.gov.in. Haryana Police. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
^ "Police Rank – Ratnagiri Police". Ratnagiri Police. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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[1] "Telangana Budget Analysis 2019-20" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2019.

[2] IPS M.Mahender Reddy appointed as DGP of Telangana ^{[dead link]}

[State_profile-3] "Telangana Police Recruitment 2017".

[4] 
"Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

"Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

"Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

"Kerala: Cops unhappy over promotion delay". The Times of India. 6 January 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

"Can SP be a non-IPS". sylendrababu.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

Kumar, S. Vijay (14 March 2018). "Non-cadre postings irk IPS officers". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

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

[6] "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

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

[8] "Kerala: Cops unhappy over promotion delay". The Times of India. 6 January 2021. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[9] "Can SP be a non-IPS". sylendrababu.com. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[10] Kumar, S. Vijay (14 March 2018). "Non-cadre postings irk IPS officers". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 4 May 2023.

[5] "Nuh Police, Government of Haryana". mewat.haryanapolice.gov.in. Haryana Police. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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

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

[9] "Police Rank – Ratnagiri Police". Ratnagiri Police. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

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Commissionerates	Hyderabad central Rachakonda-Bhuvanagiri, Hyderabad East Cyberabad-Hyderabad West Karimnagar Khammam Nizamabad Ramagundam Siddipet Warangal
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Related lists	List of cities in Telangana by area List of cities in Telangana by population List of urban agglomerations in Telangana List of districts in Telangana List of urban local bodies in Telangana India Portal