Gazetted officers include all the Indian Police Service officers. They are Class I officers of the cadre and all State Police Services officers of and above the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police. All are arranged in a hierarchical order.

The ranks, posts and designations of all police officers vary from state to state as law and order is a state matter. But, generally the following pattern is observed:

Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia ^[1][2][3]

Insignia

Rank

Director General of Police

Additional Director General of Police[note 1]

Inspector General of Police

Deputy Inspector General of Police

Assistant Inspector General of Police / Senior Superintendent of Police

Superintendent of Police

Additional superintendent of police

Deputy superintendent of police

Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 2 years of service)

Assistant Superintendent of Police (Probationary Rank: 1 year of service)

Abbreviation

DGP

ADGP

IGP

DIG

AIG/SSP

SP

Addl. SP

DSP

ASP

ASP

Note: Commissioner of police is a post is held by different rank officers in different places. For example, it is held by DG rank officers only in Delhi and Mumbai; by Addl. DG rank officers in Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Guwahati etc; by IG rank officers in Gurgaon, Ludhiana, Mysore etc; by DIG rank officers in Trivandrum, Kochi etc.

Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia ^[4][5][6]

Insignia

No insignia

Rank

Inspector

Assistant inspector[note 2]

Sub-inspector

Assistant sub-inspector

Head constable[note 3]

Senior police constable Police Naik[note 3]

Constable

Abbreviation

INS

API

SI

ASI

HC

SC

PC

Note: Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services.