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{{Short description|State Police force in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox law enforcement agency<br />
| agencyname = Chhattisgarh Police<br />
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| commonname = CG Police<br />
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| logo = Chhattisgarh Police Insignia.png<br />
| logocaption = Insignia<br />
| badge = <br />
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| flag = File:Flag of Chhattisgarh Police.png<br />
| flagcaption = Flag<br />
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| motto = ''Paritranay Sadhunaam''<ref>{{cite web |title=This Class 12 Student Tells Us All Why We Need to Give More Respect to Our Police Force |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/80539/class-12-student-respect-indian-police-force/ |website=The Better India |date=2 January 2017}}</ref><br />
| mottotranslated = To protect the good people<br />
| formed = 2000<br />
| preceding1 = [[Madhya Pradesh Police]]<br />
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| country = India<br />
| countryabbr = IN<br />
| divtype = State<br />
| divname = Chhattisgarh<br />
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| map = File:IN-CT.svg<br />
| mapcaption = Map of Chhattisgarh Police's jurisdiction<br />
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| sizearea = 135,192 km2<br />
| sizepopulation = 30 Million<br />
| legaljuris = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| governingbody = Government of Chhattisgarh<br />
| governingbodyscnd = <br />
| police = Yes<br />
| local = Yes<br />
| military = <br />
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| provost = <br />
| gendarmerie = <br />
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| oversightbody = Ministry of Home Affairs of Chhattisgarh<br />
| headquarters = [[Naya Raipur]]<br />
| chief1name = [[Arun Deo Gautam]], [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]<ref name=CGP>{{cite web|title=Chhattisgarh Police at Glance |url=http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/content/chhattisgarh-police-glance |publisher=Chhattisgarh Police |access-date=16 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531030745/http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/content/chhattisgarh-police-glance |archive-date=31 May 2013 }}</ref><br />
| chief1position = [[Director General of Police]]<br />
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| child1agency = Chhattisgar State Cyber Police • Special Task Force • [[Danteshwari Ladake]] • [[District Reserve Guard]] • [[Bastar Fighter Force]].<br />
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| website = [http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/ www.cgpolice.gov.in]<br />
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The '''Chhattisgarh Police''' is the [[law enforcement agency]] for the state of [[Chhattisgarh]] in India. The agency is administered by the Department of Home Affairs of the [[Government of Chhattisgarh]]. The force has specialized units to fight the [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency]] in some districts of the state.<br />
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==Units==<br />
*'''Special Task Force''' was raised in the year 2007 for battling [[Maoist]] insurgents in Chhattisgarh. Headquartered in [[Baghera Chhattisgarh|Baghera]] of [[Durg district]], the force has hubs coming up in the districts of [[Kanker district|Kanker]], [[Sukma district|Sukma]], [[Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]] and [[Bastar district|Bastar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Efforts in Action |url=http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/efforts-action |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228033116/http://www.cgpolice.gov.in/efforts-action |archive-date=28 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Notes from the Bastar battlefield |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/notes-from-the-bastar-battlefield/ |work=The Indian Express |date=6 June 2013 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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*'''District Reserve Guard''' was formed by recruiting local tribal boys to counter the Naxals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two DRG personnel injured in IED blast by Naxals in Chhattisgarh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/two-drg-personnel-injured-in-ied-blast-by-naxals-in-chhattisgarh/article27193537.ece |work=The Hindu |date=21 May 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=District Reserve Group adds impetus to anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/district-reserve-group-adds-impetus-to-anti-naxal-operations-in-chhattisgarh/articleshow/50865986.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=13 July 2018}}</ref><br />
**'''Danteshwari Ladake''', women commando unit of District Reserve Guard.<ref name=a>{{cite news |title=Danteshwari Ladake: How the DRG women commandos paid Maoists back in their own coin in Dantewada encounter |url=https://www.newsx.com/national/danteshwari-ladake-how-the-drg-women-commandos-paid-maoists-back-in-their-own-coin-in-dantewada-encounter |work=NewsX |date=13 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=GI Janes get first taste of war in Red zone |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gi-janes-get-first-taste-of-war-in-red-zone/articleshow/69242856.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |date=9 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref><br />
**[[Bastar Fighter Force]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tv9hindi.com/career/chhattisgarh-bastar-fighter-force-bharti-2022-youth-join-recruitment-drive-to-fight-naxals-naxalite-au120-1223372.html | title=Bastar Fighter Force Bharti: नक्सलियों के गढ़ बस्तर में फाइटर फोर्स की भर्ती शुरू, नक्सलवाद से लड़ने के लिए बेखौफ होकर आगे आ रहे हैं लड़के-लड़कियां | date=10 May 2022 }}</ref><br />
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==Training==<br />
The police officers are trained at the State Police Academy at Chandkhuri near [[Raipur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=1,425 police officers get training at Chandkhuri |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2015/state-editions/1425-police-officers-get-training-at-chandkhuri.html | date=2 May 2015 | work=The Pioneer |language=en | access-date=14 September 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Weaponry==<br />
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! width="25%" |Name<br />
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|[[Modern Sub Machine Carbine|JVPC]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|India}}<br />
|[[Submachine gun]]<br />
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Unnithan |first1=Sandeep |title=This Made in India gun, with a cult following among gamers, soon to join Army's arsenal |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20170918-modern-sub-machine-carbine-drdo-indian-army-1039903-2017-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523133418/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/20170918-modern-sub-machine-carbine-drdo-indian-army-1039903-2017-09-08 |archive-date=2019-05-23 |work=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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|[[INSAS]]<br />
|[[Rifle]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[A. N. Upadhyay]] - former DGP of Chhattisgarh Police<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Law enforcement agencies of India}}<br />
{{Chhattisgarh}}<br />
[[Category:Government of Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:State law enforcement agencies of India]]<br />
[[Category:2000 establishments in Chhattisgarh]]<br />
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2000]]</div>MalissaHoskins