Gujarat Police
Introduction The '''''Gujarat Police Department''''' is the law enforcement agency for the state of Gujarat in India. The Gujarat Police has its headquarters in Gandhinagar, the state capital, and Ahmedabad.The Gujarat Police Department came into existence after Gujarat's separation from the Greater Mumbai state on 1 May 1960.__TOC__
Organisation The Gujarat Police Department is headed by Director General of Police (DGP.). It has four Commissioners' offices : Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot. There are nine ranges in the Gujarat Police: Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Surat, Rajkot, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, Dahod Panchmahal  and Border Range. For police administration the state is further divided into 33 police districts and Western Railway Police.Gujarat Police has some branches for special tasks: Crime, Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) and The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing. TheGujarat Police was the first state police department to crack the serial bomb blast mystery during 2007–08 in many Indian cities including 2008 Ahmedabad bombings. The Gujarat Intelligence Force wing, is considered to be one of the reputed state police intelligence forces.===Hierarchy=======Officers====* Director general of police (DGP)* Additional Director general of police (ADGP)* Inspector general of police (IG)* Deputy inspector general of police (DIG)* Superintendent of police (SP)* Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl.SP)* Assistant / Deputy Superintendent of Police (ASP/Dy.SP)====Subordinates====* Police Inspector (PI)* Police Sub Inspector (PSI)* Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI)* Head constable (HC)* Police constable (PC)
Leaders On 31 January 2023 Vikash Sahay of 1987 batch was elevated to the post of Director General of Police (DGP), replacing Ashish Bhatiya.
List of DGPs of Gujarat Following is the list of All DGPs. DGP Name  From  to   Remarks K Chakravarthi  1 April 2001   31 January 2004  DGP during 2002 Gujarat Riots A K Bhargav  1 February 2004  30 April 2006   P C Pandey  April 2006  February 2009  Shabbirhusain Khandwawala  February 2009  December 2010  First Muslim DGP of Gujarat. Got 1 extension of 3 months. Chittranjan Singh  December 2010  February 2013  Incharge DGP Amitabh Pathak  February 2013  24 August 2013  Died during office tenure Pramod Kumar  August 2013  December 2013 Incharge DGP  P C Thakur  10 December 2013  April 2017 P P Pandey April 2016  April 2017  Forced to resign by Supreme Court of India Geetha Johri  4 April 2017 December 2017 Incharge DGP Pramod Kumar December 2017  February 2018  Incharge DGP Shivanand Jha  1 March 2018  31 July 2020  Got extension of 3 months Ashish Bhatia  1 August 2020  31 January 2023 Got 2 extension. 2 months and then of 8 months till 31 Jan' 23.Vikas Sahay  1 February 2023  present  Incumbent
References *  Shivanand Jha appointed new DGP of Gujarat