| Agencyname: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police |
| Commonname: | KP Police |
| Abbreviation: | KPP |
| Logocaption: | Seal of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police |
| Employees: | 200,000 |
| Budget: | Classified |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Divname: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Map: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan (claims hatched).svg |
| Legaljuris: | opsjuris |
| Sizearea: | 101741km2 |
| Sizepopulation: | 40,000,000 |
| Governingbody: | Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Police: | Yes |
| Headquarters: | Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Chief1name: | Akhtar Hayat Gandapur (BPS-21 PSP) |
| Chief1position: | Inspector-General of Police |
| Parentagency: | Police Service of Pakistan |
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, formerly known as the Frontier Police, is the provincial law enforcement agency of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
In 1849, the land corresponding to modern-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was annexed by the British Raj. Initially, the British maintained the policing system of the Mughals and Sikhs throughout most of the region; however, to establish a durable peace and security situation, the Punjab Frontier Force was raised. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, there was no organized police force in British India, and a full-fledged policing system was established under the Commonwealth Police Act of 1861. The Act was extended to the Frontier Territory in 1889 and a number of armed personnel were placed at the disposal of the Deputy Commissioner/District Magistrate for police duties.
After gaining full control of India the British rulers constituted a Police Commission on 17 August 1860. This Commission submitted its report within 22 days with a draft Police Act which was enacted in 1861 and the present Police force came into being. This Police Act was drafted on the lines of Irish Constabulary Act and was primarily meant to create a Police force to consolidate and maintain British rule in the region. It was absolutely different from the philosophy, duties and objectives of Police forces in Great Britain.
In 1901, the frontier territory was constituted as a province called the North-West Frontier Province (N-WFP) and placed under the Chief Commissioner control who used to agent to the Governor General of India. In this new province, two administrative systems were established: The British territory of the province was divided into five Settled Districts, i.e. Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan and the territories lying in the North and the West of the settled districts were divided into five Political Agencies, i.e. Khyber, Mohmand, Kurrum, North Waziristan & the South Waziristan Agencies. Each Political Agency was under a Political Agent. The Settled Districts were under the Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the N-WFP. Criminal Courts were established under Code of Criminal Procedure in 1889. There was Cantonment Police for the protections of garrisons as well.
For Political Agencies, different Levies were raised like Samana Rifles, Border Military Police, Chitral Scouts and Kurrum Militia. In addition to the Levies, the indigenous Maliki and Khasadari systems were also allowed to continue. Samana Rifles and Border Military Police were later merged in 1913 to form a new force – the Frontier Constabulary (FC) was constituted. In 1935, Police Training School was established in Hangu.
After a reasonable time of its introduction and operations on ground, the government of British India appointed a seven-member commission headed by Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser on 9 July 1902 in order to have a detailed review and to recommend possible improvements. The Commission recommended limited organizational and procedural modifications.
The Police Rules were framed in 1934 which provide detailed instructions/procedures on all aspects of Police working. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, the Police Act of 1861 was still in vogue, yet successive governments appointed 24 commissions and committees to suggest proposals to improve the police force in teething country.The First Martyr/ Shaheed of KPK Police was Assistant Sub-Inspector Arbab Rafiullah Jan . He was a brave officer from Peshawar. He sacrificed his life while solving a public dispute between two parties in 1966 and he was awarded civil award Tamgha E Shujaat for the sacrifice. From 1901 to 1947, all Inspector General were British military of civil officers. After independence in 1947, Khan Gul Muhammad Khan became the first local IG Police in 1948. In 1955, Muhammad Anwar Ali became the IGP when NWFP became part of West Pakistan under One Unit System. MAK Chaudhary was posted as IGP NWFP in 1970 after the abolishment of the One Unit system. In 2010, NWFP was renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) during the tenure of IGP Malik Naveed Khan.
From 1947 to 2001, no major paradigm shift took place in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police organisation except when the police uniform was changed and black coloured shirt was introduced while the Khaki drill trousers of Pakistan Army was kept intact. This was done during President Muhammad Ayub Khan's time. This pattern of uniform is still in use.
The Government promulgated a new police order 2002 which brought many important changes in the police system and made it more responsive accountable and democratic.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government will provide funding for police commandos to receive training along the pattern of the al Zarrar company of the Pakistan Army's Special Services Group. The govt has also set up a training school in Nowshehra for this very sole purpose.
Beginning in the spring of 2019 the Levies and Khasadar became the armed reserve of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.[3]
| Service colour | Dark blue and red | |
| Uniform colour | Black, Khaki[4] |
The current Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police is: mozam jan ansari
Below is a list of former inspector generals that served the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.
Various Additional Inspector Generals of Police are assisting the IGP to look after distinct affairs in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Below is a list of current Additional IGPs:
Designations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police are as follow:[5]
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| BPS-09 |
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| BPS-16 |
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| BPS-19 |
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| BPS-20 |
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| BPS-21 |
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| BPS-22 |
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SHO, SDPO, DPO, CPO, RPO and PPO are posts, not ranks. So you may see a lower rank acting as a higher post for some time.[6]