Director general of police

Director general of police (DGP) is a rank in the Indian Police Service, held by the highest ranking police officer in a State or a Union Territory of India, typically heading the state or the UT police force. The DGP is appointed by the cabinet and holds a three-star rank.

Insignia of an Indian Police Service officer with rank of Director General of Police

There may also be additional officers in the state who hold the rank of DGP. Common appointments for such officers include Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau, Director General of Prisons, Director General of fire forces and civil defence,^[1] Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Police Housing Society etc. Additionally officers who hold the rank of DGP may have commensurate appointments in central government organisations such as Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Director SVPNPA, DG Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) etc. The rank insignia of a Director General of Police or Commissioner of Police (in Delhi) is the national emblem over crossed sword and baton. DGP-ranked officers wear Gorget patches on their collar which have a dark blue background with an oak leaf pattern stitched on it, similar to ADGs and IGs.^[2][3]

The Director General of Police of States (State Police Chief) is appointed by the state government in consultation with the UPSC. According to UPSC rules, the state government is required to send the names of five senior IPS officers and after finalizing the three names, the committee will again send the proposal back to the state government and among these three officials, the state government is obliged to nominate the DGP.

List of current Chiefs of Police Forces in the States and Union territories of India

 

Maharashtra Police Headquarters in Mumbai, where the state DGP sits.

 

Tamil Nadu Police Headquarters in Chennai, where the state DGP sits.

 

Uttar Pradesh Police Headquarters in Lucknow, where the state DGP sits.

Police Chiefs of States

S.No.	State	Headquarters	Name of Police Chief	Batch^[4]
1	Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	K.V Rajendranatha Reddy,^[5] IPS^[6]	1992
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Satish Golcha, IPS	1992
3	Assam	Guwahati	Gyanendra Pratap Singh, IPS	1991
4	Bihar	Patna	Rajvinder Singh Bhatti, IPS	1990
5	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	Ashok Juneja, IPS^[7]	1989
6	Goa	Panaji	Jaspal Singh, IPS^[8]	1996
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	Vikash Sahay, IPS^[9]	1989
8	Haryana	Panchkula	P. K. Agrawal, IPS^[10]	1988
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Sanjay Kundu, IPS^[11]	1989
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi	Niraj Sinha, IPS^[12]	1987
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Praveen Sood, IPS^[13]	1986
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Anil Kant, IPS	1988
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Sudhir Saxena, IPS	1987
14	Maharashtra	Mumbai	Rajnish Seth, IPS	1988
15	Manipur	Imphal	P. Doungel, IPS	1987
16	Meghalaya	Shillong	Lajja Ram Bishnoi, IPS	1991
17	Mizoram	Aizawl	Devesh Chandra Srivastava, IPS	1995
18	Nagaland	Kohima	Rupin Sharma, IPS^[14]	1992
19	Odisha	Cuttack	Sunil Kumar Bansal, IPS^[15]	1987
20	Punjab	Chandigarh	Gaurav Yadav IPS^[16]	1987
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Mohan Lal Lather, IPS	1987
22	Sikkim	Gangtok	N. K. Mishra, IPS	1988
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	C. Sylendra Babu, IPS	1987
24	Telangana	Hyderabad	Anjani Kumar, IPS^[17]	1990
25	Tripura	Agartala	Amitabh Ranjan, IPS^[18]	1988
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Devendra Singh Chauhan (acting), IPS^[19]	1988
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Ashok Kumar, IPS^[20]	1989
28	West Bengal	Kolkata	Manoj Malaviya, IPS	1986

 

Headquarters of Delhi Police. It also serves as the office of Police Commissioner of Delhi, who is the ex-officio DGP of Delhi.

Police Chiefs of Union Territories

S.No	Union Territory	Headquarters	Name of the Police Chief	Batch
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	Neeraj Thakur, IPS	1994
2	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	Praveer Ranjan, IPS^[21]	1993
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman	Milind Mahadeo Dumbere, IPS	2006
4	Delhi	New Delhi	Sanjay Arora, IPS	1988
5	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (May-Oct) and Jammu (Nov-Apr)	Dil Bagh Singh, IPS	1987
6	Ladakh	Leh	S. S. Khandare, IPS^[22]	1995
7	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	Sarat Kumar Sinha, IPS	2008
8	Puducherry	Pondicherry	Manoj Kumar Lal, IPS	1988

See also

• Advocate General
• Additional Director General of Police
• Chief Secretary
• Commissioner of Police
• Head of Forest Forces
• Police forces of India
• Law enforcement in India

Notes

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