The Andhra Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Public order and police being a state subject in India, the police force is headed by the Director General of Police, Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS. The Andhra Pradesh Police headquarters is located at Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.

History The Madras Act XXIV(24) of 1859 which marked the beginning of the Madras Police and shortly later, the Police Act of 1861 instituted the system of police which forms the foundation of modern-day police in India. The "Ceded Areas" of Andhra, as they were popularly known, continued as a part of the Madras Police and it was only in October 1953, after the birth of a separate Andhra State, that the Andhra State Police gained individual existence. Finally with the formation of the Andhra Pradesh on 1 November 1956 integrating the Telugu areas of the erstwhile Hyderabad state with the Andhra State, the modern day Andhra Pradesh Police came into existence. After the bifurcation of the state in 2014, the police force once again bifurcated. This time, it was divided into Andhra Pradesh police and Telangana Police.

Andhra Pradesh State Level Recruitment Board

The Andhra Pradesh State Police Recruitment Board is responsible for recruitment. The board is releases recruitment notification time to time and conducts written examinations, physical tests, medical tests, and interviews for selecting applicants.

Police ranks The Andhra Pradesh Police designates the following ranks.

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 / Deputy superintendent of police (ASP / DSP)

Sub-ordinates Inspector of Police (Insp.)

Sub-inspector (SI) Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) Constables Head constable (HC)

Police Constable (PC)

Structure and organization

Districts Each police district is either coterminous with the Revenue district, or is located entirely within a revenue district. It is headed by a District commissioner 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 a Police officer of the rank Deputy Superintendent of Police (Officers of Andhra Pradesh 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. Guntur Police Commissionerate, Kurnool Police Commissionerate, Rajamahendravaram Police Commissionerate, Tirupati Police Commissionerate, Vijayawada City Police and Visakhapatnam City Police are the local law enforcement agencies for the cities of Guntur, Kurnool, Rajamahendravaram, Tirupati, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam respectively.

Insignia of Andhra Pradesh Police (State Police) Gazetted Officers

Non-gazetted officers

List of Directors General of Police in Andhra Pradesh

Sl.No. Name Batch Tenure 1 A. K. K. Nambiar, IPS 1935 (SPS) 1-11-1956 to 2–8–1967 2 Sivakumar Lal, IPS 1935 (SPS) 3-8-1967 to 6–10–1968 3 Atma Jayaram, IPS 1942 (SPS) 7-10-1968 to 6–11–1971 4 B. N Kalyan Rao, IPS 1943 (SPS) 7-11-1971 to 15–7–1973 5 Abdus Salam Khan, IPS 1947 (SPS) 16-7-1973 to 30–4–1975 6 K. Ramachandra Reddy, IPS 1944 (SPS) 1-5-1975 to 31–10–1978 7 M. V. Narayana Rao, IPS 1948 (RR) 1-11-1978 to 31–3–1982 8 S. Ananda Ram, IPS 1950 (RR) 1-4-1982 to 10–4–1983 9 K. G. Erady, IPS1952 (RR) 11-4-1983 to 21–8–1984 10 M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS 1953 (RR) 22-8-1984 to 16–1–1985 11 P. V. G. Krishnamacharyulu, IPS 1951 (RR) 17-1-1985 to 28–2–1986 12 C. G. Saldanha, IPS 1953 (RR) 1-3-1986 to 31–3–1987 13 P. S. Rammohan Rao, IPS 1956 (RR) 1-4-1987 to 9–2–1989 14 Sushil Kumar, IPS 1955 (RR) 10-2-1989 to 23–4–1990 15 R. Prabhakar Rao, IPS 1957 (RR) 24-4-1990 to 28–2–1992 16 T. Suryanarayana Rao, IPS 1958 (RR) 1-3-1992 to 28–2–1994 17 M. V. Bhaskar Rao, IPS 1962 (RR) 1-3-1994 to 16–12–1994 18 R. K. Ragaala, IPS 1962 (RR) 16-12-1994 to 31–7–1995 19 M. S. Raju, IPS 1962 (RR) 31-7-1995 to 30–11–1996 20 H. J. Dora, IPS 1965 (RR) 30-11-1996 to 18–02–2002 21 Pervaram Ramulu, IPS 1967 (RR) 18-02-2002 to 31–07–2003 22 S. R. Sukumara, IPS 1967 (RR) 31-07-2003 to 31–12–2004 23 Noel Swaranjit Sen, IPS 1968 (RR) 31-12-2004 to 31–12–2006 24 M. A. Basith, IPS 1970 (RR) 01-01-2007 to 31–10–2007 25 S. S. P. Yadav, IPS 1972 (RR) 31-10-2007 to 07–10–2009 26 R. R. Girish Kumar, IPS 1976 (RR) 07-10-2009 to 31–08–2010 27 K. Aravinda Rao, IPS 1977 (RR) 01-09-2010 to 30–06–2011 28 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 30 J. V. Ramudu, IPS 1981 (RR) 02-06-2014 to 23–07–2016 31 N. Samba Siva Rao, IPS 1984 (RR) 23-07-2016 to 30–12–2017 32 M. Malakondaiah, IPS 1985 (RR) 31-12-2017 to 30–06–2018 33 R. P. Thakur, IPS 1986 (RR) 01-07-2018 to 01–06–2019 34 Damodar Goutam Sawang, IPS 1986 (RR) 01-06-2019 to 15–02–2022 35 K. V. Rajendranath Reddy, IPS 1992 (RR) 15-02-2022 to 05–05–2024 36 Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS 1992 (RR) 06-05-2024 to 19–06–2024 37 Ch. D. Tirumala Rao, IPS 1989 (RR) 19-06-2024 to 31–01–202538Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS1992 (RR)01-02-2025 to Incumbent

Medals and Commendations Awarded

Awarded by Center

President's Medal for Gallanty (PMG)

Police Medal for Gallantry now Medal for Gallantry (MG)

President’s Police Medal (PPM) now President's Medal for Distinguished Service (PSM)

Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Service(IPM) now Medal for Meritorious Service (MSM) Kendriya Grihamantri Dakshata Padak Ati Utkrisht Seva Padak

Utkrisht Seva Padak

Awarded by State

Mukyamantri Shourya Pathakam (Gallantry) Mahoonatha Seva Pathakam Uttama Seva Pathakam Seva Pathakam Katina Seva Pathakam DGP Commendation Disc

Incidents On 12 May 2017, Andhra Pradesh Police computer's network was attacked by a malware known as WannaCry ransomware attack which was found to be critical.

See also Operation Puttur Visakhapatnam City Police Vijayawada City Police

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