Madhya Pradesh Police

Madhya Pradesh Police Department
Motto Desh Bhakti Jan Seva
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Madhya Pradesh, IN
Map of Madhya Pradesh Police Department's jurisdiction
Legal jurisdiction State of Madhya Pradesh
Governing body Government of Madhya Pradesh
General nature • Local civilian agency

Agency executive
Website
www.mppolice.gov.in

The Madhya Pradesh Police Department is the law enforcement agency for the state of Madhya Pradesh in India.

Organizational structure

The Madhya Pradesh Police opperates under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh Police Department is headed by Director General of Police (DGP).[2] Former soldier Joginder Singh Kukreja was head of the MP Police (07.03.1980 to 14.04.1981) as Inspector General instead of as Director General of Police. After him, Bhagwati Prasad Dubey took over as Inspector General of Madhya Pradesh police on 15.04.1981. He became the first officer to eventually be elevated to the rank of Director General of the MP Policem on 23.03.1982. He retired on 28.05.1983. The next DG was then HM Joshi. Before 23.03.1982, thus, there was no DG rank. In fact this was the time when the DG rank was added in the Indian Police. Before 1982, the highest rank in the Indian Police used to be only IG.

Ranks

The Madhya Pradesh Police uses the following ranks:[3]

  • DGP - Director General of Police
  • Spl.DGP - Special Director General of Police
  • ADGP - Additional Director General of Police
  • IGP - Inspector General of Police
  • DIG - Deputy Inspector General of Police
  • AIG - Assistant Inspector General of Police
  • SP/CO - Superintendent of Police/Commandant
  • AdSP/DyCO - Additional Superintendent of Police/Deputy Commandant
  • DSP/AC - Deputy Superintendent of Police/Assistant Commandant
  • Insp/CC - Inspector/Company Commander
  • Subd - Subedar
  • SI/PC - Sub Inspector/Platoon Commander
  • ASI/APC - Assistant Sub Inspector/Assistant Platoon Commander
  • HC - Head Constable
  • Const - Constable

Initiatives

  • Black Ribbon Initiative- on 26th November 2013 ADGP Mr. Varun Kapoor of PRTS Indore has launched an awareness and public outreach program to make all sections of society computer security aware and alert. This is designed to protect the citizens from becoming victims of cyber offences and at the same time to prevent them from become offenders under the various sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000, by mistake or due to lack of knowledge.in last 5 years they have conducted more than 300 workshops across India .

During the three day, All-India Conference of Director Generals / Inspector Generals of Police, from January 6 to 8, 2018, organized at Tekanpur, India, in Gwalior district, Minister of Home Affairs (India), Rajnath Singh, lauded the officers of the Intelligence Bureau (India) for their commendable work.[4]

References

  1. ↑ https://newsroom24x7.com/2016/06/29/rishi-kumar-shukla-appointed-new-dgp-of-madhya-pradesh/
  2. ↑ About Us - MP Police
  3. ↑ "Rank wise abbreviations". Madhya Pradesh Police Department. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Give police its due
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