List of police ranks in India

The following are ranks in the police forces of India.

Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Metropolitan Police and State Police forces respectively.

===Ranks of Gazetted Officers

===Ranks of Gazetted Officers

Insignia of Gazetted & Non-Gazetted Officers

The Indian Police Service (IPS) uses military insignia on its shoulder flashes, similar to United Kingdom police forces.

**Indian Police Service Officer Rank Insignia**
Insignia
Rank	Director of Intelligence Bureau (GOI)¹	Commissioner of Police (State) or Director General of Police²	Joint Commissioner of Police or Inspector General of Police	Additional Commissioner of Police or Deputy Inspector General of Police	Deputy Commissioner of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police	Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police	Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police	Assistant Commissioner of Police or 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	DIB	CP or DGP	JCP or IGP	ADL.CP or DIG	DCP or SSP	DCP or SP	ADL.DCP or ASP	ACP or DSP	ASST.SP	ASST.SP

¹ Although DIB is a 4 star post and not a rank, it's given to the senior most IPS officer in Intelligence Bureau. ² Rank insignia of CP/DGP is similar to Spl.CP/ADGP (not shown above). Note: Commissioner of Police designation can only be used by ADL.CP/DIG, JCP/IGP and CP/DGP, where the latter is called Commissioner of Police (State) and the former ones Commissioner of Police (City).

**Indian State Police Gazetted Officer Rank Insignia**
Insignia
Rank	Deputy Commissioner of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police	Deputy Commissioner of Police or Superintendent of Police	Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police or Additional Superintendent of Police	Assistant Commissioner of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police
Abbreviation	DCP or SSP	DCP or SP	ADL.DCP or ASP	ACP or DSP

Note: Gazetted officers belonging to Indian State Police Service(s) lie between ranks ACP/DSP and DCP/SSP. To gain promotion to ADL.CP/DIG rank, officers undergo training and hence are awarded IPS.

**Indian State Police Non-Gazetted Officer Rank Insignia**
Insignia						No Insignia¹
Rank	Inspector of Police	Sub-Inspector of Police	Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police	Police Head Constable	Senior Police Constable	Police Constable
Abbreviation	INS	SI	ASI	HPC	SPC	PC

¹ Police Constable has no insignia except the khaki uniform. Note: Colour pattern and size of chevron may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police Services.

NOTE: The Rank of Police Inspector in the state of Tripura, West Bengal, Assam & Bihar are divided into two Insignia, one is gazetted & another is non-gazetted. Gazetted one will wear on their shoulders-ONE STAR WITHOUT CHEVRON EXACT LIKE ABOVE IPS 1st YEAR(Which is also designated as ASST.SP,C.I,Sr.INSP,O/C,INSP as per the area one gazette controls in the state). But non-gazetted inspector will only wear-THREE STAR WITH CHEVRON AS LIKE ABOVE INSPECTOR INSIGNIA.