Jammu and Kashmir Police

Police department of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Local civilian police

Operational structureHeadquartersPeer Bagh, Srinagar (May–October)
Gulshan Ground, Jammu (November–April)Elected officer responsible

Amit Shah, Ministry of Home Affairs

Agency executive

Rashmi Ranjan Swain, IPS^[4], Director General of Police

Parent agencyGovernment of Jammu & KashmirUnits

List

Jammu & Kashmir Armed Police
Jammu & Kashmir Traffic Police
Crime Branch, J&K Police
Jammu & Kashmir Railway Police
Special Operations Group
Technical Wing
Security Wing
CID Wing
Counter-Intelligence Wing
Civil Defense, Home Guard & SDRF

Districts

List

Jammu
Kathua
Samba
Udhampur
Reasi
Rajouri
Poonch
Doda
Ramban
Kishtwar
Srinagar
Anantnag
Kulgam
Pulwama
Awantipora
Shopian
Budgam
Ganderbal
Bandipora
Baramulla
Sopore
Kupwara
Handwara

NotablesSignificant operation

Law Enforcement

Websitewww.JKPolice.gov.in

The Jammu and Kashmir Police or JKP is the law enforcement agency of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir of disputed Kashmir region. JKP was established in 1873 and has primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

History

The first specific Jammu & Kashmir police force came into existence in the year 1873 with one police officer known as Kotwal and 14 Thanedars for Srinagar City. This police force would control crime and take care of law and order situations with help of Chowkidars and Harkars, who were paid mandatorily by the residents of Imperial Kashmir Union.

It was in 1913 that the state requisitioned the service of an Imperial Police (IP) officer on deputation and appointed Mr Broadway as the first Inspector General of Police in June, 1913. He continued to be Police chief up to 1917 and was followed by other IP officers.

Since then the Police in J&K has undergone several re-organizations, The employee strength of Police in J&K in the year 1889-90 was 1040, which further rose to 1570 in the year 1903 and forty years later, in 1943–44, the strength of J&K Police was 3179 and at present it has exceeded 83000 mark.^[5]

Organizational structure

Jammu and Kashmir Police comes under direct control of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. The Jammu and Kashmir Police is headed by Director General of Police (DGP) who is always a senior IPS officer.^[6]

Special agencies

Intelligence Unit (Crime Branch)
Special Operations Group

Hierarchy

Officers

Director General of Police (DGP)
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)
Inspector General of Police (IGP)
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
Superintendent of Police (SP)
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP)

Sub-ordinates

Inspector
Sub-Inspector (SI)
Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI)
Head Constable (HC)
Selection Grade Constable
Constable
Follower
Special Police Official (SPO)

Insignia

**Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia**^[7]^[8]^[9]
Insignia
Rank	Director General of Police	Additional Director General of Police^[a]	Inspector General of Police	Deputy Inspector General of Police	Senior Superintendent of Police^[b]	Superintendent of Police	Additional superintendent of police	Assistant Superintendent of Police	Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary for two years)	Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary for one year)
Abbreviation	DGP	ADGP	IGP	DIG	SSP	SP	Addl. SP	ASP	ASP	ASP

Note 1: The equivalent rank to the three-star ASP in State Police Services is the deputy superintendent of police (DSP/DySP), which is not a gazetted rank and contains the respective state police service's acronym in insignia, such as OPS for Odisha Police Service. Note 2: 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 Trivandrum, Gurgaon, Kochi, Coimbatore, Ludhiana, Madurai, Mysore etc; by DIG rank officers in Kozhikode, Howrah, Amravati, Mangaluru, Jalandhar, Warangal etc.

**Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia** ^[10]^[11]
Insignia							No insignia
Rank	Inspector	Assistant inspector^[c]	Sub-inspector	Assistant sub-inspector	Head constable^[d]	Police Naik^[e]	Police constable
Abbreviation	INSP/PI	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.

Gallantry Awards

In the wake of insurgency the jammu kashmir police participate many operations against terrorists jointly with armed forces. In those operations many policemen laid down their lives. Some of them got Peace time gallantry awards. Assistant Sub Inspector Babu Ram, Constable Altaf Hussain Bhat and Special Police Officer Shahbaz Ahmad have been posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra, respectively. These are the three highest peacetime gallantry awards, given for showing exemplary courage in service of the nation^[12]

Notable achievements

Jammu Kashmir Police has consistently shown highest performance among all Indian states in law enforcement. On the occasion of 75 years of India's independence, Jammu Kashmir Police received 108 gallantry medals, which was highest among all Indian states.^[13] J&K Police cornered 62% of awards for ^[14] In 2021 Jammu Kashmir Police became the first to win all three highest gallantry awards in India, viz Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra.^[15]

Controversies

Jammu Kashmir Police has been accused of wrongly discharging criminals^[16] and failure to track its own police personnel.^[17] Indian poet Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan in his books and social media posts has exposed serious loopholes in criminal investigation by Jammu and Kashmir police,^[18] especially with regard to Hemangi Sharma Fraud Case.^[19]

Gallery

Union Home Minister paying tributes to the fallen officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police in 2018, Kupwara.
Union Home Minister paying floral tributes to fallen officers, during his visit to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Lines, in Anantnag district, 2017
The Vice President inspecting the guard of honour
A JKP outpost in Ladakh

Notes

^ Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP.
^ Also known as Superintendent of Police (Selection Grade)
^ This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.
^ Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.
^ This rank is also known as senior constable, constable grade-I, and exists only in some state police forces.

References

^ "Home". jkpolice.gov.in.
^ "Jammu & Kashmir Police - in the service of the Nation since 1873". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "Jammu & Kashmir Police - in the service of the Nation since 1873". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "R.R. Swain takes over as 17th DGP of Jammu and Kashmir". The Hindu. November 2023.
^ "Jammu & Kashmir Police - in the service of the Nation since 1873". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ Jammu & Kashmir Police
^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
^ "In a first, J&K Police gets all three top peacetime gallantry awards". MSN. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "J&K Police awarded 108 gallantry medals - highest in country". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "62% police awards go to Jammu & Kashmir Police in war against terror". Times of India. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "In a first Jammu & Kashmir Police gets top three gallantry awards". The Indian Express. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
^ "Police failure results in discharge of accused". Daily Excelsior. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ "Jammu Kashmir Police missing constable case". The Economic Times. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
^ Dr Tapan Kumar Pradhan (June 2019). I, She and the Sea. New Delhi: Kohinoor Books. pp. 217–228. ISBN 9788194283591.
^ Case No. CA0042018-A065 dated 26 July 2018, Director General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir

Law enforcement in India

Background

Indian criminal law	Indian Penal Code (IPC) Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) Cognisable offence Capital punishment Judiciary of India Law of India History of Indian law
Indian Civil Law	Code of Civil Procedure (India) (CPC)
Crime tracking and records:	Call 112 Criminal record National Crime Records Bureau Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Sex offender registry United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Police related issues:	Police Complaints Authority in India Police brutality in India Police Foundations and Institutes Mass surveillance in India Human rights in India
Crime in India	Corruption Crime against castes Crime against children Crime against women Rapes Suicide Organised crime Political and financial criminal scams Political dynasties Nexus: Terrorism, Drugs, Hawala, Underworld, Black money, Hindi cinema, Politicians, Paid media
Civil services:	Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Indian Police Service IPS State Administrative Services DANICS

Ministries &
departments

Central	Ministry of Home Affairs
States	Bihar Himachal Pradesh Kerala Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

Armed Police
Forces

Central	Assam Rifles Border Security Force Central Industrial Security Force Central Reserve Police Force Commando Battalion for Resolute Action Rapid Action Force Indo-Tibetan Border Police National Security Guard Sashastra Seema Bal
State	Eastern Frontier Rifles Kerala Armed Police Mizoram Armed Police Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary

Central
agencies

Law enforcement

UTs	Andaman and Nicobar Chandigarh NCT of Delhi Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Jammu and Kashmir Ladakh Lakshadweep Puducherry
Other	Home Guard Government Railway Police Railway Protection Force (RPF) Special Protection Group

Intelligence

Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D)
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)
Intelligence Bureau (IB)
Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)
National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)
Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW)
- Special Group
- Special Frontier Force

Investigation

Research and Training

State police
forces

Police
Commissionerates

North

Uttar Pradesh	Agra Gautam Buddha Nagar Ghaziabad Kanpur Nagar Lucknow Prayagraj Varanasi
Haryana	Faridabad Gurugram Panchkula
Punjab	Amritsar Ludhiana Jalandhar
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal Indore

East

West Bengal	Asansol–Durgapur Barrackpore Bidhannagar Chandannagar Howrah Kolkata Siliguri
Odisha	Bhubaneswar–Cuttack

West

Maharashtra	Mumbai Nagpur Pune
Gujarat	Ahmedabad City Surat Rajkot Vadodara
Rajasthan	Jaipur Jodhpur

South

Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada Visakhapatnam
Karnataka	Bangalore
Kerala	Kannur Kochi Kollam Kozhikode Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur
Tamil Nadu	Greater Chennai Avadi Tambaram Coimbatore Madurai Tiruchirappalli Tiruppur Salem Tirunelveli
Telangana	Cyberabad Hyderabad Karimnagar Khammam Nizamabad Rachakonda Ramagundam Siddipet Warangal