Madhya Pradesh Police

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

Madhya Pradesh Police Department
MottoDesh Bhakti Jan Seva
Agency overview
Annual budget₹7,177 crore (US$1.0 billion) (2019-20 est.) [1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionMadhya Pradesh, India
Map of Madhya Pradesh Police Department's jurisdiction
Legal jurisdictionState of Madhya Pradesh
Governing bodyGovernment of Madhya Pradesh
General nature
HeadquartersBhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Agency executive
  • Vivek Kumar Johri (IPS), Director General of Police
Website
www.mppolice.gov.in

Organizational structure

The Madhya Pradesh Police operates under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Madhya Pradesh. The Madhya Pradesh Police Department is headed by 1984 batch IPS officer Shri V. K. Johri IPS (DGP). Former Army Officer Joginder Singh Kukreja was head of the MP Police (7 Mar 1980 to 14 April 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 April 1981. He became the first officer to eventually be elevated to the rank of Director General of the MP Police on 23 March 1982. He retired on 28 May 1983. The next DG was then HM Joshi. Before 23 March 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.

Hierarchy

The Madhya Pradesh Police uses the following ranks:[2]

Officers

  • Director General of Police (DGP)
  • Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)
  • Inspector General of Police (IGP)
  • Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
  • Assistant Inspector General of Police
  • Superintendent of Police (SP)
  • Additional Superintendent of Police
  • Assistant SP or Deputy SP

Sub-ordinates

  • Inspector of Police (TI)
  • Subedar
  • Sub-Inspector of Police
  • Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police
  • Head Constable
  • Constable

Initiatives
  • Black Ribbon Initiative- on 26 November 2013 ADGP Mr. Varun Kapoor of PRTS Indore 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 five years they have conducted more than 300 workshops across India. This initiative was spearheaded by IPS Mr.Varun Kapoor.[3]

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 for their commendable work.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

References
  1. "Madhya Pradesh Budget Analysis 2019-20" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2019.
  2. "Rank wise abbreviations". Madhya Pradesh Police Department. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. "IG Varun Kapoor conducts workshop on cyber crime". Free Press Journal.
  4. "Give police its due". 8 January 2018.
  5. "PM Narendra Modi to attend top police officers conference in Kutch". 11 July 2018 – via The Economic Times.
  6. "DGP conference: Modi's new mantra, from 'smart' to 'sensitive' policing". 21 December 2015.
  7. Admin (30 November 2014). "PMs address at the All India Conference of Directors General/Inspectors General of Police". www.narendramodi.in. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  8. Admin (30 November 2014). "Text of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi's Speech at All India Conference of Director Generals/Inspector Generals of Police at Guwahati". www.narendramodi.in. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  9. "These were India's top 10 police stations in 2017 | DD News". ddnews.gov.in.
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