Districts_of_Delhi_Police

Districts of Delhi Police

Districts of Delhi Police

List of Police Districts of Delhi

28°36′36″N 77°13′48″E There are 15 districts of Delhi Police, the agency responsible for maintaining law & order in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. A Police district in Delhi is headed by an IPS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police/ DCP (equivalent to Senior Superintendent of Police/ SSP). As of January 2019, Delhi Police has 66 police subdivisions and 178 'territorial' police stations.[1]

Apart from these, there are 8 Metro Rail, 5 Railways, 2 Airport and 5 Police stations for the specialized crime units namely Crime Branch, Economic Offenses Wing (EOW), Special Cell, Special Police Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) and Vigilance.

The new headquarters of Delhi Police is situated at Jai Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi.[2] The Districts of Delhi Police are different from the 11 administrative or revenue Districts of Delhi, which are headed by an IAS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner (DC).

Organization

The NCT of Delhi is divided into two Police Zones, each headed by a Special Commissioner of Police (equivalent to Additional Director-General of Police) and six Police Ranges, each headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police (equivalent to Inspector-General of Police). The DCPs of all 15 Police Districts reports to these 6 Joint CPs, who further reports to the 2 Special CPs and then to Commissioner of Delhi Police.

There are six ranges of Delhi Police are Central, Eastern, New Delhi, Northern, South-Eastern and South-Western range. The two zones of Delhi Police are Zone I/North (consisting of Eastern Range, Northern Range and Central Range) and Zone II/South (consisting of New Delhi Range, Southern Range and Western Range).

At the police district level, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) is assisted by Additional DCP and ACP. Below ACP, there are station house officers (SHO) who are in-charge of a police station in India.

Police zones, ranges and districts

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List of districts of Delhi Police

List of 15 Districts of Delhi Police with effect from January 2019.[5] (P.S. stands for Police Station).

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Note: A police district is headed by an IPS officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), while a police sub-division is headed by a Sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Delhi gets 15 new police stations, one new police district from January 1, 2019".
  2. [2]
    "Delhi Police HQ has new address: Jai Singh Road in central Delhi".
  3. [3]
    "CAG Report on Delhi Police Districts" (PDF).
  4. [4]
    "Delhi to now have six police ranges".
  5. [5]
    "Outer-North police district created". The Hindu. 1 January 2019.
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