The Telangana Police 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, C. V. Anand, IPS 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:

Higher Officers Director General of Police (DGP) (Head of Police Force) 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) Deputy Superintendent of Police DSP/ Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP)

Sub-ordinates Circle Inspector of Police (CI) Sub-Inspector of Police (SI) Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI) Head Police Constable (HPC) Police Constable (PC) Home Guard (HG)

Telangana State Police Recruitment Board The Telangana Level Police Recruitment Board (TGLPRB) is responsible for recruitment. TGLPRB 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 80,000 active personnel in the State

Insignia of Telangana Police (State Police) Gazetted Officers

Non-gazetted officers

List of Directors General of Police After bifurcation (2014-Present) S.No Name Batch Tenure 1 Sri Anurag Sharma, IPS 1982 (RR) 3-6-2014 to 12–11–2017 2 Dr. M. Mahender Reddy, IPS 1986 (RR) 12-11-2017 to 31–12–2022 3 Sri Anjani Kumar, IPS 1990 (RR) 31-12-2022 to 3–12–2023 4 Sri Ravi Gupta, IPS 1990 (RR) 3-12-2023 to 10–07–2024 5 Dr. Jitender, IPS 1992 (RR) 10-07-2024 to 26–09–2025 6 B. Shivadhar Reddy, IPS 1994 (RR) 26-09-2025 to 30–04–2026 7 C. V. Anand, IPS 1991 (RR) 01-05-2026 to present

Before bifurcation (1956–2014) S.No Name Batch Tenure 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, IPS1952 (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

See also Telangana State Police Academy Hyderabad City Police Cyberabad Metropolitan Police Future City Police Commissionerate Malkajgiri Police Commissionerate Ramagundam Police Commissionerate Warangal Police Commissionerate Nizamabad Police Commissionerate Karimnagar Police Commissionerate Khammam Police Commissionerate SHE Teams

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