Jharkhand Police is the
law enforcement agency
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for the state of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
,
India
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. Jharkhand Police was formed in 2000. Jharkhand Police is headed by Director General of Police and headquartered in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
Jharkhand police have 4 levels of Joining.
The Top positions are filled by
Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service (IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became Partition of India, independent from the British Empire.
Along with the Indian Admini ...
Officers recruited by the
Union Public Service Commission
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. The Next Level of Recruitment is at Class II Level via D.S.P Rank recruited by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission. Non-Gazetted officers are recruited at the sub inspector level by the Jharkhand Subordinate Service Commission.
Other posts are filled by conducting recruitment rallies or direct recruitment examinations.
The Jharkhand Police has nearly a Strength of about 149 IPS Officers. Against this sanctioned strength the State has only 100 IPS Officers allotted to it as on 2015 by the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA).
Jharkhand is among the top
Indian states for total recruitment. The current DGP of Jharkhand Police is Anurag Gupta.
Organisational structure
Its organisational structure is divided into Field Posting and Non-Field Postings. The Field Postings are divided into 24 district police units in the state. The Head of the Jharkhand Police is the Director General of Police and under him are the Different Departments of:-
*Special Branch
*Crime Investigation Department(CID)
*Headquarters
*Modernisation
*Jharkhand Armed Police(JAP)
*Law and Order
*These Departments are headed by IPS Officers of the Additional Director General of Police Rank. They are assisted by Officers of the ranks of Inspector Generals of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Superintendent of Police and other subordinate Ranks.
Hierarchy
Officers
* Director General of Police (DGP)
* Additional Director General of Police (ADG)
* Inspector General of Police (IG)
* Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
* Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
* Superintendent of Police (SP)
* Additional Superintendent of Police
* Assistant SP (
IPS) or Deputy SP (Jharkhand Police Service)
Sub-ordinates
* Inspector of Police
* Sub-Inspector of Police
* Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police
* Head Constable
* Senior Constable
* Constable
Notable IPS officers (started out before the creation of Jharkhand Police)
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Gopal Achari an IPS officer of the 1966 Batch.
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Vishnu Dayal Ram an IPS Officer of the 1973 Batch.
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Rajiv Jain an IPS Officer of the 1980 Batch.
*
Asha Sinha an IPS Officer of the 1982 Batch.
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Ajoy Kumar an IPS Officer of the 1986 Batch.
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Rameshwar Oraon an IPS Officer of the 1972 Batch.
See also
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Law enforcement in India
Law enforcement in India is imperative to keep law and Law and order (politics), order in the nation. Law of India, Indian law is enforced by a number of Law enforcement agency, agencies. India has a multi-layered law enforcement structure wi ...
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State Armed Police Forces
References
External links
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State law enforcement agencies of India
Government of Jharkhand
2000 establishments in Jharkhand
Government agencies established in 2000