The Lakshadweep Police is the
law enforcement agency for the
union territory of
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Laccadive Islands in the middle with the Amindivi Islands in the north separated roughly by the 11th parallel north and ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
Organizational structure
Lakshadweep Police comes under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs, Government of Lakshadweep.
The Lakshadweep Police is headed by the
Inspector General of Police
An Inspector General of Police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most se ...
(IGP).
The
administrator of Lakshadweep is the ex-officio
Inspector General of Police
An Inspector General of Police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most se ...
of Lakshadweep Police.
References
{{Law enforcement in India
Government of Lakshadweep
State law enforcement agencies of India
Government agencies with year of establishment missing