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{{Short description|State police force of Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{About|the police force responsible for Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir|the police force responsible for Pakistani-administered Kashmir|Azad Kashmir Police}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
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| commonname = JK Police
| abbreviation = JKP
| logo = Jammu_and_Kashmir_Police_Logo.png
| logocaption = Logo of the Jammu and Kashmir Police
| motto = ''A Saga of Sacrifice and Courage''<ref>http://jkpolice.gov.in</ref>
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| patch = The patch of the Jammu & Kashmir Police Department.gif
| patchcaption = Patch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police
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| formedyear = 1873<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018013156/http://www.jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm |archive-date=18 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| employees = 83,000 (Uniformed)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018013156/http://www.jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm |archive-date=18 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| divname = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| map = IN-JK (2019).svg
| mapcaption = Map of the Jammu and Kashmir Police's jurisdiction (lighter shade denotes claimed but not controlled areas)
| sizearea = {{convert|85806|sqmi|km2}}
| sizepopulation = 12,548,926
| legaljuris = [[Jammu and Kashmir (Union Territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
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| headquarters = Peer Bagh, Srinagar (May–October) <br />
Gulshan Ground, Jammu (November–April)
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| minister1name = [[Amit Shah]]
| minister1pfo = [[Union Home Minister|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| chief1name = Dilbagh Singh,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jammu-and-kashmir-police-chief-sp-vaid-removed-director-general-prisons-dilbagh-singh-to-take-over-1912646|title=SP Vaid Removed As Jammu And Kashmir Police Chief|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/jammu-and-kashmir-police-chief-sp-vaid-removed-director-general-of-prisons-dilbagh-singh-to-take-over/1304987/|title=Jammu and Kashmir police chief SP Vaid removed, Director General of Prisons Dilbagh Singh to take over|date=2018-09-06|work=The Financial Express|access-date=2018-09-06|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
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| officetype = Districts
| officename = {{collapsible list |Jammu |Kathua |Samba |Udhampur |Reasi |Rajouri |Poonch |Doda |Ramban |Kishtwar |Srinagar |Anantnag |Kulgam |Pulwama |Awantipora |Shopian |Budgam |Ganderbal |Bandipora |Baramulla |Sopore |Kupwara |Handwara }}
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| website = {{URL|http://jkpolice.gov.in/|www.JKPolice.gov.in}}
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The '''Jammu and Kashmir Police''' or '''JKP''', was established in 1873 and is the [[law enforcement agency]], having primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in India.

==History==

The first specific Jammu & Kashmir police force came into existence in the year 1873 with one police officer known as ''[[Kotwal]]'' and 14 ''Thanedars'' for [[Srinagar|Srinagar City]]. This police force would control crime and take care of law and order situations with help of ''Chowkidars'' and ''Harkars'', who were paid by the population out of their annual agricultural produce on a voluntary basis.

It was in 1913 that the state requisitioned the service of an [[Imperial Police]] (IP) officer on deputation and appointed Mr Broadway as the first [[Inspector General of Police]] in June, 1913. He continued to be Police chief up to 1917 and was followed by other IP officers.

Since then the Police in J&K has undergone several re-organizations, The employee strength of Police in J&K in the year 1889-90 was 1040, which further rose to 1570 in the year 1903 and forty years later, in 1943–44, the strength of J&K Police was 3179 and at present it has exceeded 83000 mark.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018013156/http://www.jkpolice.gov.in/about-jammu-kashmir-police/history.htm |archive-date=18 October 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Organizational structure==
Jammu and Kashmir Police comes under direct control of Ministry of Home Affairs, [[Government of India]].
The Jammu and Kashmir Police is headed by [[Director General of Police]] (DGP) who is always a senior IPS officer.<ref>[http://jandkpolice.org/ Jammu & Kashmir Police]</ref>

==Special agencies==
* Intelligence Unit (Crime Branch)
* Commando Force
* Security Battalion
*[[Special Operations Group (India)|Special Operations Group]]

==Hierarchy==
'''Officers'''
*Director General of Police (DGP)
*Additional Director General of Police (ADGP)
*Inspector General of Police (IGP)
*Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG)
*Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)
*Superintendent of Police (SP)
*Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP)

'''Sub-ordinates'''
*Inspector
*Sub-Inspector (SI)
*Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI)
*Head Constable
*Selection Grade Constable
*Constable
*Special Police Officer (SPO)

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="300" heights="200">
File:The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh paying tributes to the martyrs of Jammu & Kashmir Police, at the District Police Line, in Kupwara, Jammu & Kashmir on June 08, 2018.JPG|Union Home Minister paying tributes to the fallen officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police in 2018, Kupwara.
File:The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh paying floral tributes to the martyrs, during his visit to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Lines, in Anantnag district on September 10, 2017.jpg|Union Home Minister paying floral tributes to fallen officers, during his visit to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Lines, in Anantnag district, 2017
File:The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inspecting the Guard-of-Honour given by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, on his arrival, in Jammu, J&K on May 28, 2018.JPG|The Vice President inspecting the guard of honour
File:J & K Police. Basgo, Ladakh.jpg|A JKP outpost in Ladakh
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Law enforcement in India]]
* [[Ladakh Police]]

==References==
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{{Law enforcement in India}}
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[[Category:State law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:State agencies of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1873]]
[[Category:1873 establishments in India]]

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