# Andhra Pradesh Police

The Andhra Pradesh Police is the law enforcement agency of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Public order and police being a state subject in India, the police force is headed by the Director General of Police, Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS. The Andhra Pradesh Police headquarters is located at Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.

## History

The Madras Act XXIV(24) of 1859 which marked the beginning of the Madras Police and shortly later, the Police Act of 1861 instituted the system of police which forms the foundation of modern-day police in India. The "Ceded Areas" of Andhra, as they were popularly known, continued as a part of the Madras Police and it was only in October 1953, after the birth of a separate Andhra State, that the Andhra State Police gained individual existence. Finally with the formation of the Andhra Pradesh on 1 November 1956 integrating the Telugu areas of the erstwhile Hyderabad state with the Andhra State, the modern day Andhra Pradesh Police came into existence. After the bifurcation of the state in 2014, the police force once again bifurcated. This time, it was divided into Andhra Pradesh police and Telangana Police.

## Andhra Pradesh State Level Recruitment Board

The Andhra Pradesh State Police Recruitment Board is responsible for recruitment. The board is releases recruitment notification time to time and conducts written examinations, physical tests, medical tests, and interviews for selecting applicants.

## Police ranks

The Andhra Pradesh Police designates the following ranks.
Officers
* Director General of Police (DGP)
* Additional Director General of Police (Addl.DGP)
* Inspector General of Police (IGP)
* Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
* Superintendent of Police (SP)
* Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl.SP)
* Assistant superintendent of police / Deputy superintendent of police (ASP / DSP)
Sub-ordinates
* Inspector of Police (Insp.)
* Sub-inspector (SI)
* Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI)
* Head constable (HC)
* Police Constable (PC)

## Structure and organization
### Districts

Each police district is either coterminous with the Revenue district, or is located entirely within a revenue district. It is headed by a District commissioner of Police (or simply called Superintendent of Police). Each district comprises two or more Sub-Divisions, several circles and Police Stations.

### Sub-Divisions

Each Sub-Division is headed by a Police officer of the rank Deputy Superintendent of Police (Officers of Andhra Pradesh Police Service are directly recruited officers or promoted from lower ranks) or an Additional Superintendent of Police (Officers of Indian Police Service). The officer who heads a Sub-Division is known as S.D.P.O. resp. Sub Divisional Police Officer.

### Circles

A Circle comprises several Police Stations. An Inspector of Police who heads a police circle is the Circle Inspector of Police or CI.

### Stations

A Police Station is headed by an Inspector (an upper subordinate rank). A Police Station is the basic unit of policing, responsible for prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of public order, enforcing law in general as well as for performing protection duties and making security arrangements for the constitutional authorities, government functionaries, representatives of the public in different legislative bodies and local self governments, public figures etc.

### Commissionerate

A Police Commissionerate is a law enforcement body especially in the urban parts of the state. The commissionerate is headed by a Commissioner of Police. Vijayawada City Police and Visakhapatnam City Police are the local law enforcement agencies for the cities of Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam respectively. The Guntur Urban Police is being planned to be upgraded as Guntur Police Commissionerate.

## Insignia of Andhra Pradesh Police (State Police)
### Gazetted Officers

Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia :
| Insignia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rank | Director general of police | Director general of police | Additional director general of police | Additional director general of police | Inspector general of police | Inspector general of police | Deputy inspector general of police | Deputy inspector general of police | Senior superintendent of police | Senior superintendent of police | Senior superintendent of police | Superintendent of police | Superintendent of police | Additional superintendent of police | Additional superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for one year) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for one year) |
| Abbreviation | DGP | DGP | ADGP | ADGP | IGP | IGP | DIG | DIG | SSP | SSP | SSP | SP | SP | Addl.SP | Addl.SP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP | ASP |
| Note 1: The equivalent rank to the ASP in State Police Services is the deputy superintendent of police (DSP/DySP). Note 2: The commissioner of police is a post typically held by DIG and above rank officers. ||||||||||||||||||

### Non-gazetted officers

Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia :
| Insignia | | | | | | | | | | | | | No insignia | No insignia |
| Rank | Inspector | Inspector | Assistant inspector | Assistant inspector | Sub-inspector | Sub-inspector | Assistant sub-inspector | Assistant sub-inspector | Head constable | Head constable | Senior Constable | Senior Constable | Police constable | Police constable |
| Abbreviation | INSP/PI | INSP/PI | API | API | SI | SI | ASI | ASI | HC | HC | SC | SC | PC | PC |
| Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services. |||||||||||||||

## List of Directors General of Police in Andhra Pradesh

| Sl. No. | Name | Batch | Tenure |
| 1 | A. K. K. Nambiar, IPS | 1935 (SPS) | 1-11-1956 to 2-8-1967 |
| 2 | Sivakumar Lal, IPS | 1935 (SPS) | 3-8-1967 to 6-10-1968 |
| 3 | Atma Jayaram, IPS | 1942 (SPS) | 7-10-1968 to 6-11-1971 |
| 4 | B. N Kalyan Rao, IPS | 1943 (SPS) | 7-11-1971 to 15-7-1973 |
| 5 | Abdus Salam Khan, IPS | 1947 (SPS) | 16-7-1973 to 30-4-1975 |
| 6 | K. Ramachandra Reddy, IPS | 1944 (SPS) | 1-5-1975 to 31-10-1978 |
| 7 | M. V. Narayana Rao, IPS | 1948 (RR) | 1-11-1978 to 31-3-1982 |
| 8 | S. Ananda Ram, IPS | 1950 (RR) | 1-4-1982 to 10-4-1983 |
| 9 | K. G. Erady, IPS | 1952 (RR) | 11-4-1983 to 21-8-1984 |
| 10 | M. Mahendar Reddy, IPS | 1953 (RR) | 22-8-1984 to 16-1-1985 |
| 11 | P. V. G. Krishnamacharyulu, IPS | 1951 (RR) | 17-1-1985 to 28-2-1986 |
| 12 | C. G. Saldanha, IPS | 1953 (RR) | 1-3-1986 to 31-3-1987 |
| 13 | P. S. Rammohan Rao, IPS | 1956 (RR) | 1-4-1987 to 9-2-1989 |
| 14 | Sushil Kumar, IPS | 1955 (RR) | 10-2-1989 to 23-4-1990 |
| 15 | R. Prabhakar Rao, IPS | 1957 (RR) | 24-4-1990 to 28-2-1992 |
| 16 | T. Suryanarayana Rao, IPS | 1958 (RR) | 1-3-1992 to 28-2-1994 |
| 17 | M. V. Bhaskar Rao, IPS | 1962 (RR) | 1-3-1994 to 16-12-1994 |
| 18 | R. K. Ragaala, IPS | 1962 (RR) | 16-12-1994 to 31-7-1995 |
| 19 | M. S. Raju, IPS | 1962 (RR) | 31-7-1995 to 30-11-1996 |
| 20 | H. J. Dora, IPS | 1965 (RR) | 30-11-1996 to 18-02-2002 |
| 21 | Pervaram Ramulu, IPS | 1967 (RR) | 18-02-2002 to 31-07-2003 |
| 22 | S. R. Sukumara, IPS | 1967 (RR) | 31-07-2003 to 31-12-2004 |
| 23 | Noel Swaranjit Sen, IPS | 1968 (RR) | 31-12-2004 to 31-12-2006 |
| 24 | M. A. Basith, IPS | 1970 (RR) | 01-01-2007 to 31-10-2007 |
| 25 | S. S. P. Yadav, IPS | 1972 (RR) | 31-10-2007 to 07-10-2009 |
| 26 | R. R. Girish Kumar, IPS | 1976 (RR) | 07-10-2009 to 31-08-2010 |
| 27 | K. Aravinda Rao, IPS | 1977 (RR) | 01-09-2010 to 30-06-2011 |
| 28 | V. Dinesh Reddy, IPS | 1977 (RR) | 30-06-2011 to 29-10-2013 |
| 29 | Dr. B. Prasada Rao, IPS | 1979 (RR) | 30-10-2013 to 02-06-2014 |
| 30 | J. V. Ramudu, IPS | 1981 (RR) | 02-06-2014 to 23-07-2016 |
| 31 | N. Samba Siva Rao, IPS | 1984 (RR) | 23-07-2016 to 30-12-2017 |
| 32 | M. Malakondaiah, IPS | 1985 (RR) | 31-12-2017 to 30-06-2018 |
| 33 | R. P. Thakur, IPS | 1986 (RR) | 01-07-2018 to 01-06-2019 |
| 34 | Damodar Goutam Sawang, IPS | 1986 (RR) | 01-06-2019 to 15-02-2022 |
| 35 | K. V. Rajendranath Reddy, IPS | 1992 (RR) | 15-02-2022 to 05-05-2024 |
| 36 | Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS | 1992 (RR) | 06-05-2024 to 19-06-2024 |
| 37 | Ch. D. Tirumala Rao, IPS | 1989 (RR) | 19-06-2024 to 31-01-2025 |
| 38 | Harish Kumar Gupta, IPS | 1992 (RR) | 01-02-2025 to Incumbent |

## Incidents

On 12 May 2017, Andhra Pradesh Police computer's network was attacked by a malware known as WannaCry ransomware attack which was found to be critical.