The Odisha Police, abbreviated either as OP or OPS, is the law enforcement agency for the state of Odisha in India. It is headquartered in Cuttack, the former capital of Odisha.
History
Along with the formation of
Odisha, the "Orissa Police" was established on April 1, 1936. The department was a force comprising 4000 trained men of all ranks. The Orissa Police Manual Rules (OPMR) was unveiled in 1940 which boasted rules and regulations of the powers, functions and duties of the police department at various levels.
Department organisation
Ranges
The Odisha Police is organized into ten Police Ranges, most of which are further divided into districts. The Ranges are:
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Northern Range at Sambalpur – Districts of Sambalpur, Bargarh district, Bolangir, Sonepur district, and Jharsuguda
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Eastern Range at Balasore – Districts of Balasore, Mayurbhanj, and Bhadrak district
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Western Range at Rourkela – Districts of Sundargarh, and Keonjhar
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Southern Range at Berhampur – Districts of Ganjam district, Gajapati, and Kandhamal
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North Central Range at Talcher – Districts of Dhenkanal, Angul district, and Deogarh district
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South Western Range at Koraput – Districts of Nuapada district, Koraput district, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, Malkangiri, and Kalahandi
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Central Range at Cuttack – Districts of Khurda district, Cuttack district, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur district, Puri district, Nayagarh, and Khurda district
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Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate at Bhubaneswar – Controls the Capital City Bhubaneswar and Twin City Cuttack
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Railway Range – Used for the Indian Railways
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Technical Range at Cuttack – Used for Police Transportation Services
Divisions
The Odisha Police has the following organisatorial divisions:
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Technical
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Training
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Investigation
Ranks
The Odisha Police maintains the following ranks:
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Director General of Police, IPS
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Additional Director General of Police, IPS
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Inspector General of Police, IPS
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Deputy Inspector General of Police, IPS
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Superintendent of Police, IPS / Deputy Commissioner of Police, IPS (Selection Grade)
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Superintendent of Police, OPS / Deputy Commissioner of Police, OPS (Junior Management Grade)
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Additional Superintendent of Police, IPS / Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, IPS
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Additional Superintendent of Police, OPS / Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, OPS
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Assistant Superintendent of Police, IPS
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Deputy Superintendent of Police, OPS / Assistant Commissioner of Police, OPS
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Inspector of Police, OP
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Sub-inspector, OP
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Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, OP / Havildar Major, OP
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Head Constable / Havildar
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Lance Naik
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Constable
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Home Guard
Special Forces
Special Operation Group
The Special Operation Group (SOG) is an elite paramilitary unit specializing in neutralizing terrorists, insurgents and extremists. The force currently, is primarily being used to counter left-wing extremism.
Special Tactical Unit
The Special Tactical Unit (STU) is a dedicated
urban warfare counter-terrorist force consisting of Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel who are trained alongside the National Security Guard (NSG). The force made Odisha, third state in the country, after
Maharashtra and
Andhra Pradesh, to have a dedicated force to counter terrorism in urban areas.
District Voluntary Force
The District Voluntary Force (DVF) is a special constabulary unit specializing in
Maoist operations.
Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP)
The Odisha Special Armed Police consists of 8 Odisha Special Armed Police Battalions, 6 Specialized Indian Reserved (IR) Battalions, 4 Social Security (SS) Battalions, 2 Specialized Indian Reserved (IR) Battalions and a Special Security Battalion, working under the Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate.
The Orissa Military Police was formed under the Orissa Military Police Act VII (Government of Odisha) of 1946 which was formed on 1 March 1946. Till 1980, the Orissa Military Police was serving the state with its two battalions i.e. the Gurkhas and the Oriyas. After the Orissa Military Police (Amendment) Act 1980, the name “Orissa Military Police’’ was changed to “Odisha Special Armed Police (OSAP)”. There after, the department has achieved numerous remarkable feats advancing regularly with latest gadgets, arms and ammunition.
Odisha Industrial Security Force (OISF)
The Odisha Industrial Police Force (OIPF) is a security force which was constituted to protect public and private sector industrial undertakings in
Odisha. The force was formed under the Odisha Industrial Security Force Act of the Government of Odisha in 2012.
Odisha Auxiliary Police Force (OAPF)
Government of Odisha sanctioned altogether 5600 posts of Special Police Officers (SPOs) keeping in mind of SC and ST's employment in 2008. Currently, the force has a sanctioned strength of 1521 personnel.
Odisha Police Academies
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Armed Police Training Centre, Jharsuguda
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Basic Training Institute, Burla
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Biju Patnaik State Police Academy, Bhubaneswar
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Police Training College, Angul
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Police Training Institute, Jajpur
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Police Training School, Nayagarh
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Range Level Police Training School (RPTS), Koraput
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S.O.G. Training Centre, Chandaka, Bhubaneswar
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Urban Police & Traffic Training Institute, Bhubaneswar
Weapons and equipment
Arms
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| Pistol Auto 9mm 1A | | Semi-automatic pistol |
| Glock | |
| Beretta PX4 Storm | |
| SAF Carbine 2A1s | | Submachine gun |
| Uzi | |
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | |
| Brügger & Thomet MP9 | |
| INSAS rifle | | Rifle |
| L1A1 SLR |
| AK-47 | |
| AKM |
| AKMS |
| IMI Galil | |
| M4 carbine | |
| .303 Lee–Enfield | |
| Sig Sauer 556 | |
Communication
Marine
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5 Ton GRSE Series Fast Interceptor Boats (FIB)
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12 Ton GRSE Series Fast Interceptor Boats (FIB)
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Inflatable boat
Miscellaneous
Honours
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Pramod Kumar Satapathy
(Posthumous) | Ashoka Chakra | | 2009 | Republic Day (India) |
Debashish Sethy
(Posthumous) | Shaurya Chakra | | 2021 | Independence Day (India) |
Sudhir Kumar Tudu
(Posthumous) | Shaurya Chakra | | 2021 | Independence Day (India) |
Others
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| SKOCH Award Gold | Dynamic Web Portal | 2018 | 52nd SKOCH Summit | SKOCH Group |
| Special Jury Award | Community Policing | 2018 | FICCI Smart Policing Awards | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry |
| FICCI Smart Policing Award | Senior Citizens' Security in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack | 2016 | FICCI Smart Policing Awards | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry |
| FICCI Smart Policing Award | Enhancing Women Safety and Security in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack | 2016 | FICCI Smart Policing Awards | Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry |
INCUMBENT LIST OF DGP
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!Sl. No
!Name
!Batch
!Rank
!Period |
| 1 | Mr. J.E. Pearman,CIE, IP | | | 25.11.1946 to 31.3.1948 |
| 2 | Mr. C.M. Wright Neville, IP | | | 01.04.1948 to 18.08.1951 |
| 3 | Mr. B.Roy,IP | | | 19.08.1951 to 26.07.1953 & 10.09.1953 to 10.10.1958 |
| 4 | Sri R.C.Das, IPS | | | 11.10.1958 to 15.03.1960 |
| 5 | Sri J.C. Ghosh, IP | | | 16.03.1960 to 28.03.1964 & 25,9.67 to 13.11.68 |
| 6 | Sri R.K Padhi,IP | | | 22.03.1967 - 24.06.1967 ,
14.01.1968 - 28.02.1969 &
22.03.1969 - 19.01.1974 |
| 7 | Shri B.B.Mishra, IP | | | 7.8.1969 to 22.1.1973 |
| 8 | Shri N.Chand, IPS | | | 20.1.1974 to 15.8.1974 |
| 9 | Shri N.Swain, IPS | | | 16.8.74 to 18.5.77, 21.4.80 - 28.02.82 &
1.3.82 to 31.7.83 |
| 10 | Shri B.K.Roy,IPS | | | 19.5.77 to 10.7.79 |
| 11 | Sri S.S. Padhi, IPS | | | 10.07.79 to 20.04.80, 31.07.83 to 05.04.85 & 31.08.86 to 26.08.87 |
| 12 | Sri B.K.Panigrahi,IPS | | | 5.4.85 to 31.8.86 |
| 13 | Shri P.C.Ratho,IPS | | | 26.8.87 to 18.12.89 & 3.7.91 - 30.10.92 |
| 14 | Shri S.Sinha, IPS | | | 18.12.89 to 22.5.90 |
| 15 | Shri D.N.Singh,IPS | | | 22.5.90 to 31.1.91 |
| 16 | Sri S.N.Mishra,IPS | | | 31.1.91 to 3.7.91 |
| 17 | Sri S.C. Mishra, IPS | | | 30.10.1992 to 18.01.1994 |
| 18 | Sri R.N. Mohapatra, IPS | | | 18.01.1994 to 15.11.1995 |
| 19 | Shri A.B.Tripathy,IPS | | | 16.11.95 to 31.10.97 |
| 20 | Dr.B.B.Panda, IPS | | | 31.11.97 - 5.8.99 & 12.11.99 to 10.3.2000 |
| 21 | Shri D.K.Mohapatra,IPS | | | 5.3.99 to 12.10.99 |
| 22 | Sri S.K. Chatterjee, IPS | | | 10.03.2000 to 30.04.2001 |
| 23 | Shri K.D. Bajpai, IPS | | | 30.04.2001 to 31.07.2001 |
| 24 | Sri N.C. Padhi, IPS | | | 31.7.01 to 31.7.04 |
| 25 | Sri B.B.Mishra,IPS | | | 31.7.04 to 30.6.05 |
| 26 | Shri Suchit Das,IPS | | | 30.06.2005 to 01.09.2006 |
| 27 | Shri Amarananda Pattanayak,IPS | | | 1.9.06 to 31.10.07 |
| 28 | Shri Gopal Chandra Nanda,IPS | | | 01.11.2007 to 30.09.2008 |
| 29 | Shri Manmohan Praharaj, IPS | | | 30.09.2008 to 04.07.2012 |
| 30 | Shri Prakash Mishra, IPS | 1977 | | 06.07.2012 to 06.07.2014 |
| 31 | Sanjiv Marik, IPS | 1981 | | |
| 32 | Kunwar Brajesh Singh , IPS | 1985 | | |
| 33 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad Sharma , IPS | 1986 | | 31 Aug 2017 to 8 Aug 2019 |
| 34 | Bijay Kumar Sharma, IPS | 1986 | | |
| 35 | Abhay , IPS | 1986 | | 20-Nov-2019 to 31-Dec-2021 |
| 36 | Sunil Kumar Bansal , IPS | 1987 | DGP | 01-Jan-2022 to 31-Dec-2023 |
| 37 | Arun Kumar Sarangi, IPS (Acting) | 1990 | DG | 01-Jan-2024 to 15-Aug-2024 |
| 38 | Y. B. Khurania , IPS | 1990 | DGP | 16-Aug-2024 to tilldate |
Notable achievements
Odisha Police received award from National Crime Records Bureau for best implementation of Information Technology in the country.
Odisha Police has also been felicitated for having the second best police station in the country.
Controversies
Odisha Police has been accused of failure to act on intelligence reports.
It has also drawn flak for delay in police recruitment process.
Several senior police officers have been convicted of corruption.
See also
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State Armed Police Forces
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Law enforcement in India
