Police superintendent
Superintendent of Police (SP), also known as Deputy Commissioner in a Police Department, is a senior rank in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and of respective States' State Police Service (SPS), and a senior level post of the police service. They wear a star and an Ashoka emblem on their epaulettes with 'IPS' or 'SPS'(as in 'MPS' for Mizoram Police Service, 'KPS' for Kerala Police Service) below. The larger and more important districts in India are headed by a senior superintendent of police (SSP), while smaller districts are headed by a Superintendent of Police (SP). The administration of a Police district is vested upon the SP.
It may be noted that Superintendent of Police is both a rank of the police service in India and a post of a police officer of this rank or higher. As such, even officers at the SSP rank are sometimes posted as Superintendent of Police of a District. In the state of Kerala, the Superintendent of Police (SP) who is in charge of a police district is referred to as the District Police Chief (DPC). However, in certain other states, the title District Superintendent of Police (SP) is more frequently used. In Kerala, the term District Police Chief is more prevalent. [1][2]
Below the SP, there are Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP) and Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy. SP/DSP). A Dy. SP who is in-charge of a sub-division is also called Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO). Above the SP, there are the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) also known as Superintendent of Police (Selection Grade), Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Inspector General of Police (IG), Additional Director General of Police (ADG) and Director General of Police (DG).
- ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (2022-11-19). "New police chief assumes charge in Alappuzha". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ↑ "Police chief lashes out at SP, Commissioners for lapses". OnManorama. Retrieved 2023-05-05.