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[change | change source]

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[change | change source]

**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	Assistant Inspector General of Police / Senior Superintendent of Police	Superintendent of Police	Additional superintendent of police	Deputy 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	AIG/SSP	SP	Addl. SP	DSP	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[change | change source]

**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.