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Lucas Philippe
Lucas Philippe, French police officer and contrôleur général, is the 31st President of INTERPOL, elected 27 November 2025 in Marrakech for a term until 2029, succeeding Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi.
Manoj Kumar Sharma (मनोज कुमार शर्मा)
Manoj Kumar Sharma (मनोज कुमार शर्मा) is a 2005-batch Maharashtra-cadre IPS officer, UPSC AIR 121 on his fourth attempt after failing Class 12, the subject of the book and film 12th Fail, and Mumbai's Joint CP (Law and Order) since May 2026.
Mohamed Abshir Muse
Mohamed Abshir Muse, also known as Mahamed Abshir Musa, was a Somali major general and the first commander of the independent Somali Police Force from 1960 to 1969.
Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey
Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey, NND Dubey, retired BSF Deputy Inspector General from Gorakhpur who led the 2003 operation killing Ghazi Baba, mastermind of the 2001 Parliament attack, won the Kirti Chakra, served nine years in the NIA, and is portrayed by Emraan Hashmi in Ground Zero (2025).
Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi
Nhlanhla Sibusiso Mkhwanazi, KwaZulu-Natal SAPS Provincial Commissioner, held the 6 July 2025 Durban briefing alleging syndicate infiltration, prompting the Madlanga Commission and Mchunu's suspension.
Nicolas Torre
Nicolas Torre III is a retired Filipino police general, chief of the Philippine National Police in 2025, known for arresting Rodrigo Duterte and Apollo Quiboloy.
Okita Sōji (沖田総司)
Okita Sōji (沖田総司) was a Japanese samurai who captained the first unit of the Shinsengumi in Kyoto, fought at the Ikedaya Incident of 1864, and died of tuberculosis in 1868.
Omar García Harfuch
Omar García Harfuch, Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection under Claudia Sheinbaum since 2024 and former Mexico City police chief (2019-2023), survived a 2020 CJNG assassination attempt and leads the National Security Strategy.
Pradeep Sharma
Pradeep Sharma is a former Mumbai Police "encounter specialist" credited with 105–113 killings in police shootouts; dismissed in 2008, he received a life sentence for the Lakhan Bhaiyya fake encounter.
Rajesh Kumar Pandey
Rajesh Kumar Pandey (राजेश कुमार पाण्डेय), born 1961, retired IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre (2003 SPS batch), founding member of UP STF and ATS, key figure in Operation Bazooka against gangster Shriprakash Shukla, four gallantry medals, retired as Inspector General in 2021.
Rakesh Maria (राकेश मारिया)
Rakesh Maria (राकेश मारिया), 1981-batch Maharashtra IPS officer, Mumbai Police Commissioner 2014-2015, led the 1993 blasts and 26/11 probes, questioned Ajmal Kasab, and wrote the memoir Let Me Say It Now.
Ran Gvili
Ran (Rani) Gvili (רן גואילי), an Israel Police Yasam special patrol officer from Meitar, was killed defending Kibbutz Alumim on October 7, 2023, and his body, the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza, was recovered on January 26, 2026, after 843 days and identified through forensic dentistry in Operation Brave Heart.
Rao Abdul Kareem
Rao Abdul Kareem is a Pakistani police officer and Inspector General of Punjab Police since 3 February 2026, replacing Dr Usman Anwar, who became FIA director general. A 1996 CSS-joined PSP officer from Nawabshah, he earlier headed the Special Branch Punjab.
Ravada A. Chandrasekhar
Ravada A. Chandrasekhar (Ravada Azad Chandrasekhar), 1991-batch Kerala cadre IPS officer and former Intelligence Bureau Special Director, has been Kerala's DGP and State Police Chief since July 2025, earlier a murder accused in the 1994 Koothuparamba firing before acquittal.
Roger Rogerson
Roger Caleb Rogerson (1941-2024), "Roger the Dodger", was a decorated NSW police detective dismissed in 1986 who became Australia's most notorious corrupt officer, twice jailed for justice offences, and died in custody serving life for the 2014 murder of Jamie Gao.
S. R. Jangid
S. R. Jangid (Sangram Jangid), 1985-batch IPS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre from Barmer, Rajasthan; retired as Tamil Nadu DGP in 2019. Known for the Bawaria gang operation after the 2005 MLA Sudarsanam murder, inspiration for the film Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru, and a 2023 University of Madras doctorate on police performance measurement.
Sachin Vaze
Sachin Hindurao Vaze (Sachin Waze), former Mumbai Police Assistant Police Inspector and "encounter specialist", suspended 16 years in the Khwaja Yunus custodial death case, reinstated 2020, arrested 2021 in the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiran murder cases.
Sameer Wankhede (समीर वानखडे)
Sameer Wankhede (समीर वानखडे), IRS officer of the 2008 batch and former NCB Mumbai Zonal Director, led the 2021 Cordelia cruise drug case against Aryan Khan; later faced an NCB SET report, a CBI corruption case, and disciplinary proceedings.
Sanjiv Bhatt (સંજીવ ભટ્ટ)
Sanjiv Bhatt (સંજીવ ભટ્ટ), 1988-batch Gujarat IPS officer, filed a 2011 Supreme Court affidavit against Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots; dismissed in 2015, sentenced to life in a 1990 custodial death case and 20 years in a 1996 NDPS case.
Shadrack Sibiya
Shadrack Mongo Sibiya, former SAPS deputy national commissioner for crime detection, resigned 12 October 2026 with a dishonourable discharge amid Madlanga commission corruption allegations and rape and sexual-grooming charges, which he denies.
Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard)
Trevor Rees-Jones (Trevor Rees), British former paratrooper and bodyguard for Dodi Fayed, sole survivor of the 1997 Paris crash that killed Princess Diana; suffered amnesia, wrote The Bodyguard's Story (2000), later worked in UN, Iraq, and corporate security.
Vijay Salaskar
Vijay Salaskar (विजय साळसकर, 1957–2008), Mumbai Police inspector and encounter specialist, head of the Anti-Extortion Cell, credited with 75–80 gangster killings; killed fighting terrorists in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks and awarded the Ashoka Chakra posthumously.
Viktor Vorobyov
Viktor Vorobyov (Виктор Васильевич Воробьёв), born 1948, Russian general-mayor of militsiya, head of the MVD Main Directorate for Public Order Protection, killed 7 January 1995 by mortar fire in Grozny; distinct from hockey, football, and Komi deputy namesakes.
Yassine Cheuko
Yassine Cheuko (ياسين تشيوكو), also spelled Chueko, is a Franco-Tunisian security professional and MMA practitioner, personal bodyguard of Lionel Messi since PSG and at Inter Miami from 2023; Navy SEAL claims debunked, touchline access banned in 2025.