The Hyderabad City Police is the local law enforcement agency for the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. It is headed by the city police commissioner. According to The Hyderabad Protector magazine editor Bharat Verma, Abdul Khayum Khan, the Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad, has brought in a positive perception of the police in people’s minds. The city police traces its origins to 1847 under Hyderabad State

Hyderabad State

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1847-1948

The Nizam of Hyderabad used to appoint the Commissioners of Police who were officers of the Hyderabad Civil Service

Hyderabad Civil Service

The Hyderabad Civil Service, was a coveted service in the State of Hyderabad. It was popularly known by its acronym HCS. It was considered to be an elite service, and the best of the government officers were inducted into it through a competitive examination...

 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.

Reorganization

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:

• The disciplinary and administrative control of the force is held by the Commissioner of Police, having powers and functions of Additional District Magistrate.
• The city was divided in to 4 zones : Hyderabad South, Hyderabad East, Hyderabad west & Hyderabad North, the 4 zones were again divided in to 12 divisions. Each Zone is under the in charge of a Deputy Commissioner of Police (D.C.P.) of the rank of Superintendent Of Police for maintenance of Law and Order
  Law and order (politics)
  In politics, law and order refers to demands for a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent and property crime, through harsher criminal penalties...
  
  , Criminal Investigation and keeping up the morale of the force.
• Each Division is under the incharge of an Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP) of the rank of Deputy Superintendent Of Police, who works under the control of DCP. He is responsible for prevention and detection of crimes, maintenance of L&O and discipline of the force.
• Each Police station is under the incharge of Inspector of Police who is the Station House Officer(S.H.O) and performs all the duties and exercises all the powers of the S.H.O.
• The city crimes station was renamed as “Detective Department” which works under the D.C.P.,assisted by ACPs and Inspectors.
• In 1992, the Government of Andhra Pradesh
  Government of Andhra Pradesh
  Government of Andhra Pradesh is the government for the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India.It is an elected government with 294 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5 year term.-Executive:...
  
   sanctioned 3 Joint Commissioner of Police posts in the rank of Deputy Inspector General
  Deputy Inspector General of Police
  A deputy inspector general of police is a high ranking senior police officer in several countries.- India :Deputy inspector general of police or additional commissioner of police is a one-star rank in the Indian Police Service...
  
   (D.I.G.) to assist the Commissioner of Police for effective functioning and better administration of City Police each in-charge of Co-ordination, Crimes and Security.
• One Sub-Inspector of Police was to be placed in charge of Law and Order duties and another for Crime duties for each Police Station. A Divisional Detective inspector for each Division was provided for. In order to achieve this functional division it was proposed in the scheme to increases the number of posts of Sub-Inspectors and Head Constables and decrease the number of posts of Police Constables.

Current Structure

Currently the Hyderabad City Police has 5 Zones.

• Central Zone, Akun Sabharwal
• North Zone, Ch. Srikant
• South Zone, Vineet Brijlal
• East Zone, Y. Gangadhar
• West Zone, M. Stephen Raveendra
  Stephen Raveendra
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List of Police Commissioners

S. NO	NAME	DATE OF ASSUMPTION OF CHARGE
1.	Sri. Md. Vazir Jamadar	8 Dec 1847
2.	Sri. Fazzuddin Khan	5 Oct 1851
3.	Sri. Mohammed Syeed Hussaini	5 Jan 1853
4.	Sri. Nawab Ghalib –Ud-Dawlah	10 Nov 1853
5.	Sri. Grand Son of Zafar-Ud-Dawlah	9 May 1855
6.	Sri. Nawab Zourawar Jung	6 June 1873
7.	Sri. Inayat Hussain Khan	23 Apr 1874
8.	Sri. Nawab Akber –Ul-Mulk	5 May 1884
9.	Sri. Vazir Ali Nawab (Sulthan Yawar Jung)	8 Apr 1905
10.	Sri. Mohammed Abdul Kareem Lal Khan	25 Apr 1912
11.	Sri. Mir Mubarak Ali Khan	17 Sept 1912
12.	Sri. Nawab Emad Jung – II	8 Nov 1912
13.	Sri. Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy	23 Mar 1920
14.	Sri. Nawab Rahmat Yar Jung Bahadur	1 July 1934
15.	Sri. Nawab Deen Yar Jung Bahadur	6 June 1945
16.	Sri. Rusthum Ji Shapur Ji.	1 Aug 1947
17.	Sri. S.N. Reddy M.A,	21 Mar 1949
18.	Sri. Shiv Kumar Lal I.P.S.,	1 Sept 1951
19.	Sri. A. Sundaram Pillai I.P.S.,	1 July 1953
20.	Sri. B.L.Khadar I.P.S.,	15 May 1954
21.	Sri. C.Ranga Swamy Iyengar I.P.S.,	26 Sept 1954 Again 14 July 1962
22	Sri. S. Vijaya Rangam I.P.S.,	19 May 1957
23	Sri. V.N. Kaliya Rao I.P.S.,	14 May 1959 Again 22 May 1967
24	Sri. S.P. Satur I.P.S.,	03- Apr 1961 Again 19 Feb 1963.
25	Sri. Prahlad Singh I.P.S.,	1 Sept 1964
26	Sri. Abdus Salam Khan I.P.S.,	1 Feb 1970
27	Sri. P.V.G.Krishnama Charyulu I.P.S.,	14 July 1973 Again 11 June 1976
28	Sri. K.N.Sreenivasan I.P.S.,	15 Dec 1975 Again 9 July 1976
29	Sri. M.A. Shafiullah Khan I.P.S.,	23 Aug 1976
30	Sri. Muni Swamy I.P.S.,	28 Dec 1977
31	Sri. P.V. Pavithran I.P.S.,	22 Apr 1978
32	Sri. C.G. Saldanha I.P.S.,	2 May 1981
33	Sri. P.Ponnaiya I.P.S.,	27 Aug 1981
34	Sri. S. Chandra Shekaran I.P.S.,	10 Nov 1982
35	Sri. Vijaya Rama Rao I.P.S.,	14 Apr 1983 Again 7 Apr 1989
36	Sri. R.Prabhakar Rao I.P.S.,	28 Aug 1984
37	Sri. T.Surya Narayan Rao I.P.S.,	05 Mar 1986
38	Sri. V.Apparao I.P.S.,	15 Feb 1989 Again 25 Dec 1994
39	Sri. I. Pullanna I.P.S.,	5 May 1990
40	Sri. S.V.Narasimhulu I.P.S., (Incharge C.P.(Addl.C.P.)	6 July 1990
41	Sri. G.Gurunath Rao I.P.S.,	16 Aug 1990
42	Sri. M.V.Bhaskara Rao I.P.S.,	29 Nov 1990
43	Sri. H.J.Dora I.P.S.,	16 Apr 1993
44	Sri. C.Rama Swamy I.P.S.,	30 Jun 1996
45	Sri. R.P. Singh	30 June 1997 Again 13 Oct 2003
46	Sri. S.R.Sukumara	12 Sept 1998
47	Sri. P.Ramulu I.P.S.,	15 Dec 2000
48	Sri. M.V.Krishna Rao	25 Feb 2002
49	Sri. V.Dinesh Reddy	1 Dec 2004
50	Sri. A.K. Mohanty	30 Sept 2005
51	Sri. Balwinder Singh	12 Jan 2007
52	Sri. B.Prasada Rao	21 Jan 2008
52	Sri. A K Khan	19 Jan 2010

News Papers on AP Police (1 month)

1) Ponnur SI arrested amidst high drama: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/hyderabad/Ponnur-SI-arrested-amidst-high-drama/articleshow/4908160.cms

2) Trainee cop ends life: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/trainee-cop-ends-life-913

3) SI opens fire on scribes: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/si-opens-fire-scribes-791

4) DGP to probe orderly system in AP: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/dgp-probe-orderly-system-ap-388

5) Custodial death: 5 policemen suspended: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/custodial-death-5-policemen-suspended-412

6) Police shielding Ponnur SI: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/hyderabad/Police-shielding-Ponnur-SI/articleshow/4872239.cms

7) Remand prisoner hospitalised with injuries: http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/27/stories/2009082759210300.htm

8) SI, head constable nabbed: http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/27/stories/2009082757520300.htm

9) DGP flouts lobby rules: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/dgp-flouts-lobby-rules-982