Hyderabad City Police
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Logo of the Hyderabad City Police
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| Motto | Freedom from Fear Forever |
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| Formed | 1847 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Hyderabad in the state of Telangana, India |
 Hyderabad City Police (Telangana)
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| Legal jurisdiction | Hyderabad District |
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| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Agency executive | Mahender Reddy IPS, Commissioner |
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Hyderabad City Police (Telugu: హైదరాబాద్ నగర పోలీస్),is the local law enforcement agency for the city of Hyderabad, Telangana and is headed by the city police commissioner or the Kotwal. The city police traces its origins to 1847 under Hyderabad State.
The Nizam of Hyderabad used to appoint the Commissioners of Police who were officers of the Hyderabad Civil Service and they used to function during his pleasure. They were answerable to the Nizam directly on various matters of policing in Hyderabad city. However, as far as administrative matters were concerned the Commissioner of Police used to correspond with the Home Department directly. The commissioner of Police was popularly called as “KOTWAL” and was responsible for maintenance of law and order, prevention and detection of crime etc.
Due to rapid increase in population, there has been a steady increase in crime. In view of the above in 1981 the City Police was re-organised, vide G.O.Ms.No.341, Home (Pol.D) Department, dated: 1981-05-30. The following structure was instituted:
Currently the Hyderabad City Police has 5 Zones.
There is a special branch in Cyberabad Known as Cyberabad Metropolitan Police which control and maintain cases and provide security for IT companies and traditional and historical bazaars are located in and around the city.
Hyderabad Police has launched Facebook pages for the police stations in Hyderabad on 16-Dec-2014. The pages can be used by the general public to report grievances.
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