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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
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{{Short description|State Police force in India}}

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|motto = ''Paritranay Sadhunaam''<ref>{{cite web |title=This Class 12 Student Tells Us All Why We Need to Give More Respect to Our Police Force |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/80539/class-12-student-respect-indian-police-force/ |website=The Better India |date=2 January 2017}}</ref>
|mottotranslated = To protect the good people
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|headquarters = [[Naya Raipur]]
|chief1name = D.M. Awasthi, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref name=CGP>{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh Police at Glance |url=http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/content/chhattisgarh-police-glance |publisher=Chhattisgarh Police |access-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531030745/http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/content/chhattisgarh-police-glance |archive-date=31 May 2013 }}</ref>
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The '''Chhattisgarh Police''' is the [[law enforcement agency]] for the state of [[Chhattisgarh]] in India. The agency is administered by the Department of Home Affairs of the [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]. The force has specialized units to fight the [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency]] in some districts of the state.

==Units==
*'''Special Task Force''' was raised in the year 2007 for battling [[Maoist]] insurgents in Chhattisgarh. Headquartered in [[Baghera Chhattisgarh|Baghera]] of [[Durg district]], the force has hubs coming up in the districts of [[Kanker district|Kanker]], [[Sukma district|Sukma]], [[Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]] and [[Bastar district|Bastar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Efforts in Action |url=http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/efforts-action |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228033116/http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/efforts-action |archive-date=28 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Notes from the Bastar battlefield |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/notes-from-the-bastar-battlefield/ |work=The Indian Express |date=6 June 2013 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

*'''District Reserve Guard''' was formed by recruiting local tribal boys to counter the Naxals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two DRG personnel injured in IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/two-drg-personnel-injured-in-ied-blast-by-naxals-in-chhattisgarh/article27193537.ece |work=The Hindu |date=21 May 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=District Reserve Group adds impetus to anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/district-reserve-group-adds-impetus-to-anti-naxal-operations-in-chhattisgarh/articleshow/50865986.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=13 July 2018}}</ref>
**'''Danteshwari Ladake''', women commando unit of District Reserve Guard.<ref name=a>{{cite news |title=Danteshwari Ladake: How the DRG women commandos paid Maoists back in their own coin in Dantewada encounter |url=https://www.newsx.com/national/danteshwari-ladake-how-the-drg-women-commandos-paid-maoists-back-in-their-own-coin-in-dantewada-encounter |work=NewsX |date=13 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=GI Janes get first taste of war in Red zone |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gi-janes-get-first-taste-of-war-in-red-zone/articleshow/69242856.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |date=9 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Training==
The police officers are trained at the State Police Academy at Chandkhuri near [[Raipur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=1,425 police officers get training at Chandkhuri |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/state-editions/1425-police-officers-get-training-at-chandkhuri.html | date=2 May 2015 | work=The Pioneer |language=en | access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref>

==Weaponry==
*[[INSAS]] rifles.<ref name=a />
*[[Modern Sub Machine Carbine|JVPC]] carbines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Unnithan |first1=Sandeep |title=This Made in India gun, with a cult following among gamers, soon to join Army's arsenal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20170918-modern-sub-machine-carbine-drdo-indian-army-1039903-2017-09-08 |work=India Today |language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523133418/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20170918-modern-sub-machine-carbine-drdo-indian-army-1039903-2017-09-08 |archive-date=2019-05-23}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Law enforcement in India}}
{{Chhattisgarh}}
[[Category:Government of Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:State law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2000]]

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