Andhra Pradesh Police


The Andhra Pradesh Police Department is the official law enforcement agency of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Public order and police being a state subject in India, the police force is headed by the Director general of police, Damodar Gautam Sawang.

History

The Madras Act XXIV of 1859 which marked the beginning of the Madras Police and shortly later, the Police Act of 1861 instituted the system of police which forms the foundation of modern-day police in India. The "Ceded Areas" of Andhra, as they were popularly known, continued as a part of the Madras Police and it was only in October 1953, after the birth of a separate Andhra State, that the Andhra State Police gained individual existence. Finally with the formation of the Andhra Pradesh on 1 November 1956 integrating the Telugu areas of the erstwhile Hyderabad state with the Andhra State, the modern day Andhra Pradesh Police came into existence. After the bifurcation of the state in 2014, the police force once again bifurcated. This time, it was divided into Andhra Pradesh police and Telangana Police.

Recruitment Board

The Andhra Pradesh State Police Recruitment Board is responsible for recruitment. The board is releases recruitment notification time to time and conducts written examinations, physical tests, medical tests, and interviews for selecting applicants.

Police ranks

The Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police designates the following ranks
Officers
Sub-ordinates

Districts

Each police district is either coterminous with the Revenue district, or is located entirely within a revenue district. It is headed by a District commissioner of Police. Each district comprises two or more Sub-Divisions, several circles and Police Stations.

Sub-Divisions

Each Sub-Division is headed by a Police officer of the rank Deputy Superintendent of Police or an Additional Superintendent of Police. 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

A Police Station is headed by an Inspector. 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. Vijayawada City Police and Visakhapatnam City Police are the local law enforcement agencies for the cities of Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam respectively. The Guntur Urban Police is being planned to be upgraded as Guntur Police Commissionerate.

Insignia of Andhra Pradesh Police (State Police)

List of Director Generals of Police in Andhra Pradesh

S. No Name Date of Assumption of Charge
1Sri. AK Nambiar1-11-1956 to 2-8-1967
2Sri. Sivakumar Lal3-8-1967 to 6-10-1968
3Sri. Atma Jayaram7-10-1968 to 6-11-1971
4Sri. BN Kalyanrao7-11-1971 to 15-7-1973
5Sri. A Salam Khan16-7-1973 to 30-4-1975
6Sri. K Ramachandra Reddy1-5-1975 to 31-10-1978
7Sri. IMV Narayana Rao1-11-1978 to 31-3-1982
8Sri. S Ananda Ram1-4-1982 to 10-4-1983
9Sri. kg Reddy11-4-1983 to 21-8-1984
10Sri. M Mahendar Reddy22-8-1984 to 16-1-1985
11Sri. PVG Krishnamacharyulu17-1-1985 to 28-2-1986
12Sri. CG Saldana1-3-1986 to 31-3-1987
13Sri. PS Rammohan Rao1-4-1987 to 9-2-1989
14Sri. Sushil Kumar10-2-1989 to 23-4-1990
15Sri. R Prabhakar Rao24-4-1990 to 28-2-1992
16Sri. T Suryanarayana Rao1-3-1992 to 28-2-1994
17Sri. MV Bhaskar Rao,1-3-1994 to 16-12-1994
18Sri. RK Ragaala16-12-1994 to 31-7-1995
19Sri. MS Raju31-7-1995 to 30-11-1996
20Sri. HJ Dora30-11-1996 to 18-02-2002
21Sri. Pervaram Ramulu18-02-2002 to 31 July 2003
22Sri. SR Sukumara31 July 2003 to Information not available
23Sri. Noel Swaranjit SenInformation not available to 31 December 2006
24Sri. M A Basith1 January 2007 to 31 October 2007
25Sri. SSP Yadav31 October 2007 to 7 October 2009
26Sri. R R Girish Kumar7 October 2009 to 31 August 2010
27Sri. Aravinda Rao1 September 2010 to 30 June 2011
28Sri. V. Dinesh Reddy30 June 2011 to 29 October 2013
29Sri. B. Prasada Rao30 October 2013 to May, 2014
30Sri. J V. RamuduMay, 2014 to 2016
31Sri. Nanduri Samba Siva RaoJuly, 2016 to 30 December 2017
32Sri. Malakondaiah31 December 2017 to 30 June 2018
33Sri. R.P. Thakur1 July 2018 to 1 June 2019
34Sri. Damodar Goutam Sawang1 June 2019

Incidents

On 12 May 2017, Andhra Pradesh Police computer's network was attacked by a malware known as WannaCry ransomware attack which was found to be critical.