The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the professional head of the
Sri Lanka Police
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. They are the most senior police officer in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and oversees all police personnel throughout the country. The IGP reports to the Minister of Law and Order, when the Police Service is under the
Ministry of Law and Order as it is currently.
History
The post of Inspector General of Police in Sri Lanka can be traced as far back as 1797 when the office of Fiscal was created and Fredric Barron Mylius was appointed as Fiscal of
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
and entrusted with responsibility of policing the City of Colombo. In 1833, the Head of the Police Service was called the Superintendent of Police, in 1836 the designation was changed to Chief Superintendent of Police.
The official establishment of the
Ceylon Police Force
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was on 3 September 1866 when
William Robert Campbell
Sir George William Robert Campbell (1835–1905) was the first British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon.
Campbell was born in 1835 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, the son of John Campbell and Eliza née Elder. ...
(then the chief of police in the Indian province of
Rathnageri) was appointed as
Chief Superintendent of Police in Ceylon to be in charge of the Police units. This post officially became the
Chief of Police
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but was soon changed to that of the ''Inspector General of Police'' accordingly William Robert Campbell became the first Inspector General of Police.
The current Inspector General of Police is
Pujith Jayasundara
Pujith Senadhi Bandara Jayasundara ( si, පූජිත් සේනාධි බණ්ඩාර ජයසුන්දර) also simply known as Pujith Jayasundara ( si, පූජිත් ජයසුන්දර) (born 15 March 1960) is a for ...
, who succeeded
N. K. Illangakoon
Nugagaha Kapalle Illangakoon (born 12 April 1956) was the 33rd Sri Lankan Inspector-General of Police, serving from 16 July 2011 to 11 April 2016. He also served as an advisor to the Ministry of Defence.
Early life and education
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in April 2016. Jayasundara was asked to resign by President Maithripala Sirisena, but has refused and has been put on compulsory leave in the wake of the
2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist suicide bombings. Later that day, there were smaller expl ...
debacle, Senior DIG
C. D. Wickramaratne
Chandana D. Wickramaratne is a Sri Lankan police officer. He is the current Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka), Inspector General of Police, he was confirmed on 25 November 2020 after having served as the ''Acting'' Inspector General of Poli ...
has been appointed as acting Inspector General.
Removal
The Inspector General of Police can be removed through an investigation by a 3-member committee if found guilty of specified offence(s) under the
Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act No. 5 of 2002.
Inspectors General of Police
See also
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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 ...
*
Sri Lanka Police
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Special Task Force
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Ministry of Defence
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Notes
References
External links
Official Police Website
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Police ranks of Sri Lanka