page_title: Uttar Pradesh Police
section_title: Zones, ranges and districts
hierarchical_section_title: Uttar Pradesh Police / Organization and structure / Zones, ranges and districts
caption_attribution_description: English: Police Zones of Uttar Pradesh
context_page_description: The Uttar Pradesh Police, is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police, United Provinces under the Police Act, 1861, the U.P Police is one of the oldest police departments in the Republic of India, and is the largest police force in the world.
  The UP Police headquarters is at Police Headquarters in Lucknow.
  The UP police employs around 1,368 gazetted officers, and 2,31,443 non gazetted uniformed officers.
  Uttar Pradesh police is governed by the Department of Home and Confidential of Uttar Pradesh.
  The Uttar Pradesh Police is headed by the Director General of Police for the state of Uttar Pradesh, who is the highest ranking IPS officer of the state cadre.
  UP Police is the first Indian state police agency to have a highway patrol Unit, the UP Highway Police.
caption: Police Zones of Uttar Pradesh
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