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The '''Goa Police''' is the [[law enforcement agency]] for the coastal state of [[Goa]], India.<br />
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==Organisational structure==<br />
The Goa Police operates under direct control of the Department of Home Affairs, [[Government of Goa]]. <br />
===Hierarchy===<br />
====Officers====<br />
*Director general of police (DGP)<br />
*Inspector general of police (IGP)<br />
*Deputy inspector general of police (DIG)<br />
*Superintendent of police (SP)<br />
*Deputy superintendent of police (DySP)<br />
====Subordinates====<br />
*Inspector of Police (PI)<br />
*Sub-inspector of police (PSI)<br />
*Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI)<br />
*Head constable (HC)<br />
*Police constable (PC)<br />
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==History==<br />
The Goa Police was established in 1966 after the transfer of authority over Goa from the [[Indian Armed Forces|Indian military administration]] to the civil administration. It replaced the former [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese administration]]'s ''Polícia do Estado da Índia'' (State of India Police), disbanded after the [[1961 Indian annexation of Goa|annexation of Goa by India in 1961]].<br />
[[File:Goa Police Tata Starbus GA01G0849.jpg|thumb|Goa police special vehicle ]]<br />
Until 1946, the police services in Portuguese India were provided by the military [[gendarmerie]] force ''Corpo de Polícia e Fiscalização da Índia'' (CPFI, India Inspection and Police Corps). In that year, the CPFI was substituted by the civil police force ''Corpo de Polícia do Estado da Índia'' (State of India Police Corps), modeled after the Portuguese [[Public Security Police]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gazetteer of the Union Territory Goa, Daman and Diu: district gazetteer, Volume 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wh1uAAAAMAAJ&q=Policia+e+Fiscalizacao+da+India|publisher=Gazetteer Dept., Govt. of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu|access-date=18 July 2013|pages=571–572|year=1979}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Goa Police: History & Evolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9J3aAAAAMAAJ&q=Pol%C3%ADcia+do+Estado+da+%C3%8Dndia|publisher=N.V. Padmaja|access-date=18 July 2013|author=N. Dilip Kumar|year=1999}}</ref> The ''Polícia do Estado da Índia'' included the public security, judiciary police, transit police, administrative police and civil identification branches.<br />
[[File:Save Dabolim Airport (Churchill) meet.jpg|Goa police monitoring a protest|thumb|right|200px]]<br />
Besides this corps, in Portuguese India also existed the ''Guarda Fiscal''<ref>{{cite web|title=Who's who in India, Burma & Ceylon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLfl-WcHGRYC&q=Guarda+Fiscal+Goa|publisher=Who's Who Publishers (India) Limited|access-date=18 July 2013|page=40|year=1936}}</ref> (Fiscal Guard) under the dependency of the Customs Bureau and the ''Guarda Rural'' (Rural Guard) under the dependency of the agriculture services.<br />
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==Special agencies==<br />
* Intelligence Unit<br />
* Security Battalion<br />
* Commando Force<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://citizen.goapolice.gov.in/ Goa Police official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811213522/https://citizen.goapolice.gov.in/ |date=11 August 2020 }}<br />
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{{Law enforcement agencies of India}}<br />
{{Goa topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Government of Goa]]<br />
[[Category:State law enforcement agencies of India]]<br />
[[Category:1966 establishments in Goa, Daman and Diu]]<br />
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1966]]</div>
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