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Adam Kadyrov
Adam Kadyrov (born 2007), son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, holds Chechnya's Security Council secretary post and other security positions; known for the 2023 Zhuravel beating, rapid appointments, and January 2026 Grozny car crash.
Aftab Ahmed Khan (आफ़ताब अहमद ख़ान)
Aftab Ahmed Khan (आफ़ताब अहमद ख़ान), Maharashtra IPS officer (1963 batch), led the 1991 Lokhandwala Complex encounter killing gangster Maya Dolas and founded Mumbai's Anti Terrorism Squad in 1990; died January 2022, age 81.
Alok Sharma (police officer)
Alok Sharma (born 1966, Aligarh) is a 1991-batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IPS officer and Director of India's Special Protection Group since 17 November 2023; not the Indian politician or IAF officer of the same name; tenure extended to 31 March 2027.
Anish Dayal Singh
Anish Dayal Singh (अनीश दयाल सिंह), 1988-batch Manipur-cadre IPS officer; nearly 30 years in the Intelligence Bureau; Director General of ITBP and CRPF (2023-2024); appointed India's Deputy National Security Advisor in August 2025.
Ashok Kamte (अशोक कामते)
Ashok Kamte (अशोक कामते), 1965–2008, Maharashtra IPS officer and Additional Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, killed fighting terrorists near Cama Hospital in the 26/11 attacks; posthumous Ashoka Chakra recipient whose widow's book and RTI fight exposed discrepancies in the official account.
B. Srinivasan
B. Srinivasan (Brighu Srinivasan, born 1967), 1992-batch Bihar-cadre IPS officer, Director General of the National Security Guard since August 2024, formerly ADG-cum-Director Bihar Police Academy and J&K Police intelligence chief.
Barry Mannakee
Barry Mannakee (Barry Albert Mannakee) was a Metropolitan Police personal protection officer and bodyguard to Diana, Princess of Wales, transferred to the Diplomatic Protection Group; he died in a 1987 motorcycle crash ruled accidental, though Diana claimed he was killed.
C. Sylendra Babu (சி. சிலேந்திர பாபு)
C. Sylendra Babu (சி. சிலேந்திர பாபு), retired IPS officer (1987 batch, Tamil Nadu cadre) and 30th law-and-order DGP of Tamil Nadu from 30 June 2021 to 2023; PhD in criminology; issued 2023 medical-negligence arrest circular.
C. V. Anand
C. V. Anand, 1991-batch IPS officer of the Telangana cadre, twice Hyderabad Police Commissioner, former Cyberabad commissioner and civil supplies commissioner, appointed Telangana Director General of Police on 1 May 2026.
Cressida Dick
Dame Cressida Dick, British police officer, first woman and first openly LGBT Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (2017–2022), gold commander at the 2005 de Menezes shooting, resigned February 2022 after Sadiq Khan withdrew confidence.
Daya Nayak
Daya Nayak (दया नायक), Mumbai Police encounter specialist who joined in 1995, credited with about 83 gangster killings; suspended over a 2006 disproportionate-assets case, reinstated 2012 and 2016, retired as ACP on 31 July 2025; basis of the film Ab Tak Chhappan.
Deven Bharti
Deven Bharti (देवेन भारती), born 1968, is a 1994-batch Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer and Commissioner of Police, Mumbai since April 2025; former Maharashtra ATS chief, first Mumbai Special Police Commissioner (2023), and 26/11 attack investigator.
Dharma Pongrekun
Dharma Pongrekun (born 1966, Palu) is a retired Indonesian Komjen Pol, former Deputy Head of BSSN and Bareskrim narcotics director, and the independent candidate with Kun Wardana in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
Fannie Masemola
Sehlahle Fannie Masemola is a South African police general who has served as National Commissioner of the South African Police Service since 1 April 2022, after three decades of operational policing.
Frederick Abberline
Frederick George Abberline (1843–1929), Metropolitan Police Chief Inspector and lead on-the-ground detective in the 1888 Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders; also investigated the Fenians and Cleveland Street scandal; later named George Chapman as his suspect.
Gangadhar Nehru (गंगाधर नेहरू)
Gangadhar Nehru (गंगाधर नेहरू) was a Delhi police officer who served as the last Kotwal of Delhi before the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and was the father of Motilal Nehru.
Gaurav Yadav (गौरव यादव) (police officer)
Gaurav Yadav (गौरव यादव), 1992-batch Punjab cadre IPS officer born 1969, Punjab's DGP since July 2022 (officiating) and regular DGP from 9 October 2026; former intelligence wing chief and first Jalandhar police commissioner.
Gustav Schwarzenegger
Gustav Schwarzenegger (17 August 1907 – 13 December 1972), Austrian police chief and Gendarmerie commander at Thal, father of Arnold Schwarzenegger; Nazi Party applicant of 1938, SA member from May 1939, and Feldgendarmerie master sergeant in the Wehrmacht, with no war crimes found against him.
Gyanendra Pratap Singh
Gyanendra Pratap Singh (GP Singh), born 1967, is a 1991-batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, former Assam DGP (2023) and Director General of the CRPF since January 2025; distinct from namesakes in UP police and court records.
Harish Kumar Gupta
Harish Kumar Gupta (born 1965) is a 1992-batch IPS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre who served as Andhra Pradesh DGP (Head of Police Force) in 2024 and from 31 January 2025, and is Director General, Vigilance & Enforcement.
Hemant Karkare
Hemant Karkare (1954–2008), Indian Police Service officer and Maharashtra ATS chief; led the 2008 Malegaon blast investigation arresting 11 including Pragya Thakur and Col Purohit; killed with Kamte and Salaskar in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks; posthumous Ashoka Chakra.
John P. Saunders
John Poyntz Saunders was a British police assistant superintendent in Lahore, shot dead in 1928 by HSRA members who mistook him for Superintendent James A. Scott.
Jose Melencio Nartatez
Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. ("Tateng") is Chief of the Philippine National Police, acting from August 26, 2025 and sworn in as four-star chief on January 28, 2026, replacing Nicolas Torre III; PMA Tanglaw-Diwa Class 1992.
Julius Mkhwanazi
Julius Mkhwanazi, suspended then dismissed deputy chief of South Africa's Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD), not to be confused with KZN commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, faces five criminal cases including murder and the R14.9 million Killarney gem theft.
K. Vijay Kumar
K. Vijay Kumar (born 1952) is a retired 1975-batch IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre who led Operation Cocoon that killed Veerappan in 2004, headed the CRPF (2010–12), served as MHA Senior Security Adviser on Left Wing Extremism, was Adviser to the J&K Governor (2018–20), wrote Veerappan: Chasing the Brigand, and received the Padma Shri in 2026.
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (KPS Gill), 1934-2017, Indian Police Service officer and twice Punjab Director General of Police, credited with crushing the Khalistani insurgency via Operation Black Thunder II; also IHF president and a convicted, controversial figure.
Kiran Bedi (किरण बेदी)
Kiran Bedi (किरण बेदी), born 1949, first woman IPS officer (1972), Tihar jail reformer and 1994 Ramon Magsaysay laureate, UN police advisor, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry 2016–2021.
Konrad Schumann
Konrad (Conrad) Schumann, East German border policeman who leaped over barbed wire at Bernauer Strasse into West Berlin on 15 August 1961; photographed by Peter Leibing, the image became a Cold War icon; he later lived in Bavaria and died in 1998.
Krishan Kumar (police officer)
Krishan Kumar (Krishan Kumar Bishnoi, KK Bishnoi), IPS-RR 2018 Uttar Pradesh cadre officer born 1994 in Barmer, Rajasthan; SP of Bijnor after Gorakhpur; recipient of CM Utkrishtha Sewa Police Padak and three DGP commendation discs; distinct from same-named AGMUT and Haryana officers.
List of British police officers killed in the line of duty
British police officers killed in the line of duty are recorded in the UK Police Roll of Honour, 4,677 names kept by the Police Remembrance Trust, commemorated at the UK Police Memorial and National Police Memorial Day.