Punjab Police (India)

Punjab Police
Emblem of the Punjab Police
Abbreviation	PP
Motto	"May I never ever shirk from doing good deeds"
Agency overview
Formed	1861
Employees	80,000[1]
Annual budget	₹10,523 crore (US$1.3 billion) (2024–25 est.)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Punjab, IN
Map of Punjab Police's jurisdiction
Governing body	Government of Punjab (India)
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Elected officer responsible	Bhagwant Mann, Ministry of Home Affairs
Agency executives	Gaurav Yadav (IPS), Director General of Police Chairman of the Punjab Police Sanjeev Kalra (IPS), Director General of Police Home Guard Gaurav Yadav (IPS), Director General of Police Special Administration Prabodh Kumar (IPS), Director General of Police Human Rights Commission S Parmar (IPS), Legal Division of the Punjab Police, Human Rights Commission Special Administration Special Operations
Facilities
Patrol cars	3,080[3]
Notables
Anniversary	21 October
Website
punjabpolice.gov.in

The Punjab Police (abbreviated as PP) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the state of Punjab, India. The Punjab Police has a broad array of specialised services, including the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of the Constitution of India. Its headquarters are located at Jan Marg, Chandigarh. On 7 September 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs.^[4] The present DGP of the Punjab Police is Gaurav Yadav.^[5][6] He is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1992 batch.