Hyderabad’s city police were reorganised on Saturday by Police Commissioner C.V. Anand. The last time it were reorganised was in 1987 when the population was 25 lakh and the last semi-reorganization took place in 2002.
Addressing the media, the commissioner said that two new DCP-headed zones, the southeast and southwest, has been approved for Hyderabad City and were operating under 11 divisions led by 11 assistant commissioners of police (ACP).
To increase the public’s safety and security, the city recently opened 11 new police stations, 13 new traffic police stations, five new women’s police stations, and recruited 1,252 more police officers.
The 11 new police stations are, Domalguda, Secretariat, Khairatabad, Warasiguda, Bandlaguda, IS Sadan, Gudimalkapur, Filmnagar, Masab Tank, Madhuranagar, Borabanda.
Although Hyderabad City’s population expanded from 68 lahks in 2011 to 80 lakh in 2021, the police organisation remained the same in 2016, when new districts were created in Telangana. “In the three commissionerates, the population is 1.6 crore with 40 lakh floating population. Therefore, the state government felt the need for ‘Mega City Policing’,” Mr. Anand said.
In order to broaden the scope of policing, the commissioner said that many additional wings have also been established. The Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW), a cybercrime unit, and an IT Cell have been established as two new Task Force units.
