Hyderabad City Police | |
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Motto | Freedom from Fear Forever[1] |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 28 March 1847 |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
Size | 650 sq. km |
Population | 9.7 million |
Legal jurisdiction | Hyderabad Metropolitan Region |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana |
Agency executive | |
Parent agency | Telangana State Police |
Facilities | |
Stations | 105 |
Website | |
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Hyderabad City Police is the local law enforcement agency for the city of Hyderabad, Telangana and is headed by the Commissioner of Police. The city police traces its origins to 1847 under Hyderabad State.[3]
The Nizam of Hyderabad used to appoint the commissioners of police who were officers of the Hyderabad Civil Service and they used to function during his pleasure. They were answerable to the Nizam directly on various matters of policing in Hyderabad city. However, as far as administrative matters were concerned the commissioner of police used to correspond with the Home Department directly. The commissioner of police was popularly called "Kotwal" and was responsible for the maintenance of the law and order, prevention and detection of crime, etc.[3]
Due to rapid increase in population, there has been a steady increase in crime. In view of the above in 1981 the city police was re-organised, vide G.O.Ms.No.341, Home Department, dated: 1981-05-30. The following structure was instituted:
Currently the Hyderabad City Police has five zones.
1)Abids Division : PS Abids, PS Narayanguda, PS Begumbazar 2)Chikkadpally Division : PS Gandhinagar, PS Musheerabad, PS Chikkadpally 3)Saifabad Division : PS Nampally, PS Ramgopalpet, PS Saifabad
West Zone 1)Banjara hills Division: PS Banjara hills, PS Jubilee hills 2)Panjagutta Division:PS Panjagutta, PS SR Nagar 3)Asifnagar Division: PS Lunger House,PS Golconda, PS Tappachabutra, PS Asifnagar, PS Humayunnagar
North Zone 1)Mahankali Division: PS Mahankali, PS Market, PS Marredupally, PS Karkhana 2)Gopalpuram Division: PS Gopalapuram, PS Tukaramgate, PS Lalaguda, PS Chilakalguda 3)Begumpet Division: PS Begumpet, PS Bowenpally, PS Bollaram, PS Trimulgherry
South Zone 1)Charminar Division: PS Charminar, PS Bahadurpura, PS Kamatipura, PS Hussaini Alam, PS Kalapattar 2)Mirchowk Division: PS Mirchowk, PS Dabeerpura, PS Moghalpura, PS Rein Bazar 3)Falaknuma Division: PS Falaknuma, PS Chandrayangutta,PS Shalibanda, PS Chatrinaka 4)Santosh nagar Division: PS Kanchanbagah, PS Bhavani Nagar, PS Madannapet, PS Santoshnagar
East Zone 1)Sultanbazaar Division: PS Sultanbazaar, PS Charderghat, PS Afzalgunj 2)Kachiguda Division: PS Kachiguda, PS Nallakunta, PS OU Sity
3)Malakpet Division: PS Malakpet, PS Saidabad, PS AmberpetInsignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Director general of police | Additional director general of police[a] | Inspector general of police | Deputy inspector general of police | Senior superintendent of police[b] | Superintendent of police | Additional superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for one year) | |||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | DGP | ADGP | IGP | DIG | SSP | SP | Addl. SP | ASP | ASP | ASP | |||||||||||||||||
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Insignia | No insignia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | Inspector | Assistant inspector[c] | Sub-inspector | Assistant sub-inspector | Head constable[d] | Police Naik[e] | Police constable | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abbreviation | INSP/PI | API | SI | ASI | HC | SC | PC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hyderabad Police launched Facebook pages for the police stations in Hyderabad on 16 December 2014. The pages can be used by the general public to report grievances.[10]