Police ranks and insignia of India

Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers. They are Class I officers of the cadre and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.

Ranks of law enforcement in India

The ranks, posts and designations of all police officers vary from state to state as law and order is a state matter. But, generally the following pattern is observed:

Gazetted officers

**Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia** ^[1]^[2]^[3]
Insignia
Rank	Director General of Police	Additional Director General of Police^{[note 1]}	Inspector General of Police	Deputy Inspector General of Police	Superintendent of Police (Selection Grade)	Superintendent of Police	Additional superintendent of police	Assistant superintendent of police	Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 2 years of service)	Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 1 year of service)
Abbreviation	DGP	ADGP	IGP	DIG	SP (SG)	SP	Addl. SP	ASP	ASP	ASP

Note: Commissioner of police is a post is held by different rank officers in different places. For example, it is held by DG rank officers only in Delhi and Mumbai; by Addl. DG rank officers in Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Guwahati etc; by IG rank officers in Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Mysore etc; by DIG rank officers in Trivandrum, Kochi etc.

Non-Gazetted officers

**Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia** ^[4]^[5]^[6]
Insignia							No insignia
Rank	Inspector	Assistant inspector^{[note 2]}	Sub-inspector	Assistant sub-inspector	Head constable^{[note 3]}	Senior police constable Police Naik^{[note 3]}	Constable
Abbreviation	INS	API	SI	ASI	HC	SC	PC

Note: Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services.