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| Uttar Pradesh Police | |
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 Emblem of the Uttar Pradesh Police | |
 Flag of the Uttar Pradesh Police | |
| Common name | UP Police |
| Motto | "सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा" (Hindi) "Your protection, our pledge" |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed |
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| Annual budget | ₹37,398 crore (US$4.5 billion) (2024–25 est.) [1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Uttar Pradesh, IN |
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| Jurisdiction of Uttar Pradesh Police force | |
| Size | 243,286 km2 (93,933.25 sq mi) |
| Population | 199,812,341 (est. 2011) |
| Legal jurisdiction | Uttar Pradesh |
| Governing body | Home Department |
| Constituting instrument | |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Signature Building, Sector-7, Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| Gazetted Officers | 1,369 (406 IPS officers and 963 PPS officers)[2][3] |
| Non-Gazetted officers and Constables | 231,443[4] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Child agencies | |
| Facilities | |
| Helicopters | 1[5] |
| Dogs | 78[6] |
| Website | |
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The Uttar Pradesh Police (UP Police) (IAST: Uttara Pradeśha Pulisa), is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Established in 1863 as the Office of the Inspector General of Police, United Provinces under the Police Act, 1861.[7]
Uttar Pradesh Police is one of the oldest police departments in the Republic of India, and is the largest police force in the world, having about 68 district police department (excluding 7 commissionerates) in it.[8]
The Uttar Pradesh Police is headquartered at Signature Building, Gomti Nagar Extension in Lucknow which was earlier located in city of Prayagraj. [9]
The Uttar Pradesh Police employ around 1,368 gazetted officers, and 231,443 non gazetted uniformed officers. Uttar Pradesh Police is governed by the Department of Home and Confidential of Uttar Pradesh.[7] The Uttar Pradesh Police is headed by the Director General of Police (DGP) for the state of Uttar Pradesh, who is the highest-ranking (DG) IPS officer of the state cadre. UP Police is the first Indian state police agency to have a highway patrol Unit, the UP-Highway Police (UPHP).[10]
- ^ "Uttar Pradesh Budget Analysis 2020–21" (PDF). prsindia.org. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "LIST OF INDIAN POLICE SERVICE OFFICER IN UTTAR PRADESH CADRE". Uttar Pradesh Police. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "LIST OF PROVINCIAL POLICE SERVICE OFFICER IN UTTAR PRADESH CADRE". Uttar Pradesh Police. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "Nominal Roll System – Uttar Pradesh Police". Uttar Pradesh Police. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- ^ "UP Police to get a chopper to keep eye on Naxalite activity – Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "UP Police begins hunt for special sleuths to sniff out danger, criminals". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ a b "The Police Act, 1861" (PDF). Uttar Pradesh Police. 22 March 1861. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Gidwani, Deepak (4 April 2013). "World's largest police force-UP police has half the strength". DNA India. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Ahead of Diwali, UP govt ends services of 25,000 Home Guards over pay issue". Hindustan Times. 15 October 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "UP to have country's 1st highway patrol force". Hindustan Times. 16 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.