Districts of Delhi Police

There are fifteen districts of Delhi Police, the agency responsible for maintaining law & order in the National Capital Territory of Delhi. A Police district in Delhi is headed by an IPS officer of the rank of DCP or Deputy Commissioner of Police (equivalent to Senior Superintendent of Police). As of January 2019, Delhi Police has 178 'territorial' police stations.[1]


Apart from these, there are 8 Metro Rail, 5 Railways, 2 Airport and 5 police stations for the specialized crime units namely Crime Branch, Economic Offenses Wing (EOW), Special Cell, Special Police Unit for Women and Children (SPUWAC) and Vigilance.

The new headquarters of Delhi Police is situated at Jai Singh Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi.[2] Districts of Delhi Police are different from the 11 administrative or revenue Districts of Delhi, which are headed by an IAS officer of the rank of DC or Deputy Commissioner.

Organization

The NCT of Delhi is divided into six Police Ranges, each headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police (equivalent to Inspector-General of Police). The DCPs of all 15 Police Districts reports to these 6 Joint CPs, who further reports to the Commissioner of Delhi Police. The six ranges of Delhi Police are Central, Eastern, New Delhi, Northern, South-Eastern and South-Western range.

At the police district level, a Deputy Commissioner of Police is assisted by Additional DCPs, ACPs and several SHOs. A station house officer or SHO is in-charge of a police station in India.

List of 11 Revenue districts of Delhi, India

List of districts of Delhi Police

Below is the list of 15 Police Districts of Delhi with effect from January 2019.[3] (Here, P.S. stands for Police Station.)

Sl No. Police District HQ (Office of the DCP)
1 New Delhi district P.S. Parliament Street
2 Central district P.S. Daryaganj
3 Dwarka district Sector-19, Dwarka
4 East district IP Extension, Patparganj
5 North district P. S. Civil Lines
6 North-East district Dilshad Garden
7 North-West district P.S. Ashok Vihar
8 Outer district Pushpanjali Enclave, Pitampura
9 Outer-North district P.S. Samaypur Badli
10 Rohini district P.S. Begumpur
11 Shahdara district Shalimar Park, Shahdara
12 South district P.S. Hauz Khas
13 South-East district P.S. Sarita Vihar
14 South-West district P.S. Vasant Vihar
15 West district P.S. Rajouri Garden

See also

References
  1. "Delhi gets 15 new police stations, one new police district from January 1, 2019".
  2. "Delhi Police HQ has new address: Jai Singh Road in central Delhi".
  3. "Outer-North police district created".
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