The Haryana Police Department is the

law enforcement agency A law enforcement agency (LEA) is any government agency responsible for the enforcement of the laws. Jurisdiction LEAs which have their ability to apply their powers restricted in some way are said to operate within a jurisdiction. LEAs ...

for the state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

, India. Present DGP of Haryana Police is P. K. Agarwal since August 16, 2021. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch.

History

The Haryana Police were formed when the state of Haryana was established after bifurcation from the state of

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on 1 November 1966. The organisation is governed by the " Punjab Police rules" which were framed in 1934; however, the State Government passed its police act in 2008. The same police practices being followed by police organisations in North India. At the time when the state of

was established, the organisation had the responsibility for enforcement of the law in 6 districts and had a strength of 12,165 personnel with Commando wing. FIR (First Immediate Response) application is an SOS/emergency mobile application that helps its user seek immediate help from Police with a single click of a help button to be used by women, senior citizens and anyone who needs Police help in an emergency situation. FIR app was launched in Faridabad, Haryana by the Hon. CM Shri

Manohar Lal Khattar Manohar Lal Khattar (born 05 May 1954) is an Indian politician serving as the 10th and current chief minister of Haryana. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryan ...

and Commissioner of Police Faridabad and CEO

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Dr. Hanif Qureshi, IPS, on 17 April 2016.

Organisational structure

Haryana Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs,

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. The Haryana Police is headed by

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. State Police Headquarters located in Sector 6,

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. The total headcount of the personnel working in Haryana Police at present is 56,747.

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(HAP) has 5 battalions, 3 at Madhuban, one at Hisar and one at

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. Haryana Police has wireless repeater antennae in three locations, at

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in Bhiwani district, Tankri hill in Rewari district and at

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hill in Himachal Pradesh. Police HQ uses Sarahan tower to transmit signals to Tosham Hill. Tosham Hill tower boosts and sends the signal to Tankri Hill. Tosham Hill tower cover the signals area of Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjhar district Police Headquarters. Tankri Hill tower covers the Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal, Nuh, Rewari, Narnaul and Haryana Bhawan Delhi.8वीं सदी की विष्णु की प्रतिमा मिली
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Hierarchy

Officers *Director General of Police (DGP) *Additional Director General of Police *Inspector General of Police (IGP) *Deputy Inspector General of Police *Senior Superintendent of Police *Superintendent of Police (SP) *Additional Superintendent of Police *Assistant SP (

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) or Deputy SP (HPS) Sub-ordinates *Inspector of Police *Sub-Inspector of Police (SI) *Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI) *Head Constable *Constable *SPOs

Control Center

Haryana Police has a control room No 112 and special Women Helpline no of 1091 which can be called from any landline or mobile phone.

References

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State law enforcement agencies of India

Recipients of the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar Government agencies established in 1966

History

Organisational structure

Hierarchy

Control Center

See also

References