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{{Infobox law enforcement agency<br />
| agencyname = Haryana Police Department<br />
| abbreviation = HP<br />
| logo = Haryana-police-logo.png<br />
| logocaption = <br />
| formedmonthday = 1 November<br />
| formedyear = 1966<br />
| employees = 76,748<br />
| legaljuris = [[Haryana]]<br />
| police = Yes<br />
| local = Yes<br />
| chief1name = [[P. K. Agarwal]] (IPS)<br />
| chief1position = [[Director General of Police]]<br />
| website = {{url|http://haryanapoliceonline.gov.in}}<br />
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| motto = Sewa Suraksha Sahyog<br />
| minister1name = [[Anil Vij]] (Home Minister)}}<br />
The '''Haryana Police Department''' is the [[law enforcement agency]] for the state of [[Haryana]], India. Present [[Director general of police|DGP]] of Haryana Police is P. K. Agarwal since August 16, 2021. He is an IPS officer of 1988 batch.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Haryana Police were formed when the state of Haryana was established after bifurcation from the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] on 1 November 1966. The organisation is governed by the "[[Punjab Police (India)#Punjab Police Rules|Punjab Police rules]]" which were framed in 1934; however, the State Government passed its police act in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://haryanapolice.nic.in/police_act.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126073454/http://haryanapolice.nic.in/Police_Act.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The same police practices being followed by police organisations in North India. At the time when the state of [[Haryana]] was established, the organisation had the responsibility for enforcement of the law in 6 districts and had a strength of 12,165 personnel with Commando wing.<br />
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FIR (First Immediate Response) application is an SOS/emergency mobile application that helps its user seek immediate help from Police with a single click of a help button to be used by women, senior citizens and anyone who needs Police help in an emergency situation. FIR app was launched in Faridabad, Haryana by the Hon. CM Shri [[Manohar Lal Khattar]] and Commissioner of Police Faridabad and CEO [[Haryana Waqf Board]] Dr. Hanif Qureshi, IPS, on 17 April 2016.<br />
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==Organisational structure==<br />
{{see also | Divisions_of_Haryana#Police_ranges | label 1 = Police ranges of Haryana | Divisions_of_Haryana#Police_commissionerates | label 2 = Police commissionerates of Haryana}}<br />
Haryana Police comes under direct control of Department of Home Affairs, [[Government of Haryana]].<br />
The Haryana Police is headed by [[Home Minister]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haryanapolice.nic.in/organisation.asp|title=Organisation|access-date=9 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172457/http://haryanapolice.nic.in/organisation.asp|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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State Police Headquarters located in Sector 6, [[Panchkula]]. The total headcount of the personnel working in Haryana Police at present is 56,747.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://haryanapolice.nic.in/history.asp|title=History of haryana police|access-date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501185833/http://haryanapolice.nic.in/history.asp|archive-date=1 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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[[State Armed Police Forces#Haryana Armed Police|Haryana Armed Police]] (HAP) has 5 battalions, 3 at [[Karnal|Madhuban]], one at [[Hisar city|Hisar]] and one at [[Ambala]].<br />
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Haryana Police has wireless repeater antennae in three locations, at [[Tosham Hill range]] in Bhiwani district, Tankri hill in Rewari district and at [[Sarahan]] hill in Himachal Pradesh. Police HQ uses Sarahan tower to transmit signals to Tosham Hill. Tosham Hill tower boosts and sends the signal to Tankri Hill. Tosham Hill tower cover the signals area of Bhiwani, Hisar, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Rohtak, Sonipat and Jhajjhar district Police Headquarters. Tankri Hill tower covers the Gurugram, Faridabad, Palwal, Nuh, Rewari, Narnaul and Haryana Bhawan Delhi.<ref name=stat1>[https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/jind/8th-century-statue-of-vishnu-found/articleshow/62404819.cms 8वीं सदी की विष्णु की प्रतिमा मिली], Navbharat Times, 6 Jan 2018.</ref><br />
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===Hierarchy===<br />
'''Officers'''<br />
*Director General of Police (DGP)<br />
*Additional Director General of Police<br />
*Inspector General of Police (IGP)<br />
*Deputy Inspector General of Police <br />
*Senior Superintendent of Police<br />
*Superintendent of Police (SP)<br />
*Additional Superintendent of Police <br />
*Assistant SP ([[Indian Police Service|IPS]]) or Deputy SP (HPS)<br />
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'''Sub-ordinates'''<br />
*Inspector of Police <br />
*Sub-Inspector of Police (SI)<br />
*Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police (ASI)<br />
*Head Constable<br />
*Constable<br />
*SPOs<br />
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== Control Center ==<br />
Haryana Police has a control room No 112 and special Women Helpline no of 1091 which can be called from any landline or mobile phone.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* Crime reporting and tracking<br />
** [[Bureau of Police Research and Development]] (BPRD)<br />
** [[Emergency telephone number#112|Call 112]]<br />
** [[Criminal record]]<br />
** [[Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems]] (CCTNS)<br />
** [[Law enforcement in India]]<br />
** [[National Crime Records Bureau]] (NCRB)<br />
** [[Sex offender registry]] (SOR)<br />
** [[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime]] (UNODC)<br />
* Other police related<br />
** [[Indian Police Foundation and Institute]]<br />
** [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy]]<br />
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