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{{short description|Indian state police force}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2021}}{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname = Telangana State Police Department
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| commonname = Telangana State Police
| abbreviation = TSP
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| logo = Telangana_Police_Logo.png
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| badge = Telangana_Police_Badge1.png
| badgecaption = Telangana state Police Badge
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| motto = Duty, Honour, Compassion
| formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|br=yes|2014|06|02}}, [[Hyderabad]]
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| preceding1 = [[Andhra Pradesh Police| Andhra Pradesh State Police]]
| employees = 50,000
| budget = {{INRConvert|5000|c}} (2019-20 est.) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://prsindia.org/sites/default/files/budget_files/Budget%20Analysis_Telangana_2019-20_for%20upload.pdf |title=Telangana Budget Analysis 2019-20 |date= 2019|website=prsindia.org }}</ref>
| country = India
| divtype = State
| divname = [[Telangana]]
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| map = IN-TG.svg
| mapcaption = Telangana Police jurisdictional area
| sizearea = {{convert|114840|km2|sqmi}}
| sizepopulation = 35,193,978
| legaljuris = [[Telangana state]]
| police = yes
| local = yes
| overviewbody = [[Government of Telangana]]
| headquarters = [[Saifabad, Hyderabad, Telangana]] -500004
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| minister1name = [[Mohammad Mahmood Ali]], [[Home Minister]] of [[Telangana]]
| chief1name = [[Anjani Kumar]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref>[https://www.telanganastateofficial.com IPS Anjani Kumar appointed as DGP of Telangana] {{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref>
| chief1position = [[Director General of Police]]
| parentagency = Home Department, [[Government of Telangana]]
| child1agency = [[Hyderabad City Police]]
| child2agency = [[Siddipet Police Commissionerate]]
| child3agency = [[Ramagundam Police Commissionerate]]
| child4agency = [[Cyberabad Metropolitan Police]]
| child5agency = [[Rachakonda Police Commissionerate]]
| child6agency = [[Warangal Police Commissionerate]]
| child7agency = [[Nizamabad Police Commissionerate]]
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| officetype = Law enforcement
| officename = State Police Head Quarters of Telangana.
| stationtype = Police Stations
| stations = 709
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| vehicle1type = Cars
| vehicles1 = [[Mahindra Bolero]] 44,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.nizamabadpolice.com/news_portal/try2.aspx?data=176|title=Photos of Police Vehicles|publisher=Nizamabad PoliceNizamabad.nic.in|access-date=2015-06-06}}</ref> [[Toyota Innova|Toyota Innova Crysta]] ~20, [[Tata Sumo]], [[Maruti Ertiga]]
| vehicle2type = Motorcycles
| vehicles2 = [[Hero MotoCorp|Hero Glamour]] 50<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gonizamabad.com/blue-colts-cops-get-new-bikes/ |title=Blue Colts Cops Get New Bikes |publisher=Gonizamabad.com |date=2015-04-22 |access-date=2015-06-25}}</ref>
| vehicle3type = Jeeps
| vehicles3 = Rakshak [[Jeep]]s ~50
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| animal1type = Animals
| animals1 = Dogs
| anniversary1 = 2 June
| award1 = [[President's Police Medal]]
| award2 = [[Indian Police Medal]]
| website = {{url|www.tspolice.gov.in}}
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| governingbody = [[Government of Telangana]]
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The '''Telangana State Police Department'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Puli Sharath |date=17 May 2023 |title=Telangana police tops in national ranking: Home Minister |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/121022/telangana-police-tops-in-national-ranking-home-minister.html |url-status=live |website=Deccan_Chronicle}}</ref> is the [[law enforcement agency]] for the state of [[Telangana]] in India. It has jurisdiction concurrent with the 33 revenue districts of the state. The police force was created from the remnants of the [[Andhra Pradesh Police]] after Telangana state was formed. It is headed by the [[Director general of police]], [[Anjani Kumar]], and headquartered in [[Hyderabad]], Telangana.

==Structure and organization==

===State Police Headquarters===
The Director General of Police functions from Police Directorate, located in the DGP headquarters in [[Hyderabad, Telangana|Hyderabad]]. The Director General of Police (DGP) is designated as the head of the department. He is assisted by a team of senior officers from the ranks of additional DG and IG of police to Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG - a post equivalent in rank and status to the superintendent of police).

===Districts===
Each police district is either coterminous with the revenue district, or is located within a number of revenue districts. It is headed by a District Superintendent of Police (or simply called Superintendent of Police). Each district comprises two or more Sub-Divisions, several Circles and police stations.

===Sub-divisions===
Each Sub-division is headed by one police officer of the rank [[Deputy superintendent of police|Deputy Superintendent of Police]] (Officers of Telangana Police Service are directly recruited officers or promoted from lower ranks) or an Assistant Superintendent of Police (Officers of Indian Police Service). The officer who heads a Sub-Division is known as S.D.P.O. resp. Sub Divisional Police Officer.

===Circles===
A Circle comprises several police stations. An inspector of police who heads a police circle is the Circle Inspector of Police or CI.

===Stations===
[[File:Nizamabad Police Vehicle.jpg|thumb|263x263px|Telangana Police SUV]]
A police station is headed by an inspector (an upper subordinate rank). A police station is the basic unit of policing, responsible for prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of public order, enforcing law in general as well as for performing protection duties and making security arrangements for the constitutional authorities, government functionaries, representatives of the public in different legislative bodies and local self governments, public figures etc.

===Commissionerate===
A Police Commissionerate is a law enforcement body especially in the urban parts of the state. The commissionerate is headed by a Commissioner of Police. [[Hyderabad City Police]], [[Cyberabad Metropolitan Police]] and [[Warangal Police Commissionerate]] are the local law enforcement agencies for the cities of Hyderabad and Warangal respectively.

[[Government of Telangana]] has issued ordinance for new commissionerates at [[Rachakonda commissionerate]], [[Karimnagar Police Commissionerate|Karimnagar]], [[Khammam Police Commissionerate|Khammam]], [[Nizamabad Police Commissionerate|Nizamabad]], [[Ramagundam Police Commissionerate|Ramagundam]], and [[Siddipet Police Commissionerate|Siddipet]].

==Police ranks==
The [[Telangana State Police]] designates the following ranks:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tspolice.gov.in/jsp/userMenu?method=viewPoliceRanks | title=Telangana State Police }}</ref>
[[File:Stamp of India - 2017 - Colnect 909901 - Police Day - Telangana State Police.jpeg|thumb|left|Stamp of India - 2017 - Colnect 909901 - Police Day - Telangana State Police]]
'''Officers'''
*Director General of Police (DGP)
*Additional Director General of Police (Addl.DGP)
*Inspector General of Police (IGP)
*Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
*Superintendent of police (SP)
*Additional Superintendent of Police<br>(Addl.SP)<br/>
*Assistant superintendent of police / Deputy superintendent of police<br>(ASP/DSP)

'''Sub-ordinates'''
*Circle-Inspector of Police (CI/Insp.)
*Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)
*Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI)
*Head Police Constable (HC)
*Police Constable (PC)
*Home Guard (HG)

==Telangana State Police Recruitment Board==
The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) is responsible for recruitment. TSLPRB is releasing recruitment notification time to time and conducting a written examination, Physical test, Medical test, and interviews for selecting best aspirants for their department and the department has about 50,000 active personnel in the State<ref name="State profile">{{cite web|title=Telangana Police Recruitment 2017 |url=http://www.result24.co.in/telangana-police-recruitment.html}}</ref>
==Insignia of Telangana Police (State Police)==
;Gazetted Officers
{{Indian Police Service Officer Ranks}}

;Non-gazetted officers
{{Indian Police Service Enlisted Ranks}}

==See also==
* [[Telangana State Police Academy]]
* [[Hyderabad City Police]]
* [[Cyberabad Metropolitan Police]]
* [[Rachakonda Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Ramagundam Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Warangal Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Nizamabad Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Karimnagar Police Commissionerate]]
* [[Khammam Police Commissionerate]]
* [[SHE Teams]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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{{Law enforcement in India}}

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[[Category: Government of Telangana]]
[[Category: State law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category: 2014 establishments in Telangana]]
[[Category: Government agencies established in 2014]]

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