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Inspector General of Police


An Inspector General of Police or Inspector-General of Police is a senior officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most senior officer of the entire national police.

In Bangladesh, the Inspector General of Police heads the Bangladesh Police.

In Ghana, Inspector General of Police is the title of the head of the Ghana Police Service.

During the British rule in India, in 1861, the British Government introduced the Indian Councils Act of 1861. The act created a new cadre of police, called Superior Police Services, later known as the Indian Imperial Police. The highest rank in the service was the Inspector General.

Currently. in modern India, an Inspector General (I.G.) of Police is a two-star rank IPS officer. An I.G. holds the second highest rank in hierarchy, just below the Director General of Police (DGP) or Additional DGP, and just above Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG).

In Indonesia, an Inspector General of Police (Inspektur Jenderal Polisi or abbreviated Irjen (Pol) ) holds the second highest rank of the Indonesian National Police (equivalent to a major general in the Indonesian National Armed Forces). Usually, Police with rank Inspector General of Police became Head of Regional Police with Type-A Classification (Capital City, Strategic and Major/Densely Populated Province), Chief of Division, Special Staff to Head of National Police, or Vice Head of Agency in Police Headquarter


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