Sindh Police
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Department of Sindh Police Sindhi: سنڌ پوليس |
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| Abbreviation | SP | ||||
Logo of the Department of Sindh Police
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| Motto | Striving to Serve | ||||
| Agency overview | |||||
| Formed | 1843 | ||||
| Employees | 105,234 | ||||
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency | ||||
| Jurisdictional structure | |||||
| Operations jurisdiction* | Province of Sindh, Pakistan | ||||
| Size | 140,914 sq. km. | ||||
| Population | 46.3 Million | ||||
| Legal jurisdiction | Sindh | ||||
| Governing body | Government of Sindh | ||||
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| Operational structure | |||||
| Headquarters | Karachi, Sindh | ||||
| Agency executive |
Allah Dino (AD) Khawaja Inspector-General |
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| Parent agency | Department of Home, Sindh | ||||
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| Website | |||||
| http://www.sindhpolice.gov.pk/ | |||||
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| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |||||
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| Award |
 President's Police Medal Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal |
| Service colour | Dark blue and red |
| Uniform colour |
Black, Khaki |
The Sindh Police (Sindhi: سنڌ پوليس, Urdu: سنده پولیس) is a Law enforcement agency established in 1843 under proclamation issued by Sir Charles Naipiar, who became the conqueror of the State of Sindh by defeating the forces of Talpur rules at battle of Miyani near Hyderabad on 20 March 1843. This was the first ever Police force established in the Indian subcontinent. Ever since its inception, the organization raised on the model of Irish Constabulary to maintain law and order and law enforcement in Sindh, Pakistan. The department serves an area of ~140,914 km2., and has about ~105,234 police officers and staff to served in the department. As of current, Allah Dino (AD) Khawaja is the current Inspector-General who was appointed in 2016.
The Sindh Police has been fictionalized as well as dramatized in numerous movies, novels, dramas, and television shows through its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with crime, police brutality, and police corruption.
After becoming the Governor of Sindh, General Sir Charles Napier established a policy system based on the pattern of the Royal Irish Constabulary in 1843. British Indian Army Officers closely supervised and controlled the force which was consequently more disciplined, efficient and less corrupt. Influenced by the success of Napier’s police, the Court of Directors of the East India Company suggested that a common system of police be established on the pattern of the Irish Constabulary.
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