A Station House Officer alias Police Inspector ( SHO alias P.I ) is the officer in charge of a police station in India and Pakistan. The Station House Officer ( S.H.O alias P.I ) is a police officer of such rank as may be fixed by the government who is entrusted with the overall supervision of the functions of each police station and that officer shall be the officer in charge of the police station. The SHO holds the rank of Police Inspector a Senior Officer For Sub-Inspector and Assistant Sub-Inspector and Head Constable and Senior Constable and Police Constable . A station house officer is not a rank, but rather a post or designation. In India, the law permits a station house officer to conduct the investigation of crimes.
19-716: As of 1 January 2022, there are a total of 16,955 sanctioned police stations in India. In some states in India, the SHO is also called the Officer-in-charge (OC) , mostly in rural areas where a police station is headed by a Sub-inspector of police. In West Bengal, mostly in urban or semi-urban areas, where a police station is headed by an inspector , is called the Inspector-in-charge (IC) The Station House Officer: This law enforcement –related article
38-529: A sub-inspector is two (five point) stars, and a red and blue striped ribbon at the outer end of the shoulder straps. This is similar to the insignia of a subedar in the Indian Army . An assistant sub-inspector has one (five point) star, and a red and blue striped ribbon at the outer end of the shoulder straps. This is similar to the insignia of a naib subedar in the Indian Army . The rank insignia for principal sub-inspector and additional sub-inspector are
57-569: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sub-inspector Sub-inspector ( SI ), or sub-inspector of police or police sub-inspector ( PSI ), is a rank used extensively in South Asia: in the police forces of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka, which are primarily based on the British model . It was formerly used in most British colonial police forces and in certain British police forces as well. The rank usually
76-518: Is an organisation under the Government of India to recruit staff for various posts in the various ministries and departments of the government of India and in subordinate offices and agencies. This commission is an attached office of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) which consists of chairman, two members and a secretary-cum-controller of examinations. His post is equivalent to
95-476: Is better than Central Armed Police Forces or State police forces . In 2024 Manvi Madhu Kashyap became India's first openly transgender sub-inspector. In the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), the rank of sub-inspector is the senior-most of non-commissioned officers. They are also the lowest ranking police officers to wear their rank insignia on epaulettes on both shoulders. A sub-inspector of
114-474: Is headed by a Chairman and two members after him. Besides, there are one Secretary , one Director , one Deputy Secretary , two Joint Directors , nine Under Secretaries , four Deputy Directors , one Finance & Budget Officer , one Assistant Director (OL) , 24 Section Officers and more than 183 supporting officers/staff are at the Headquarters for discharging the duties and responsibilities of
133-551: Is that an applicant has passed the G.C.E Advance Level Examination . Annually, a number of other officers come up through the ranks and are promoted to rank of SI. The rank insignia for a sub-inspector is one star. In the Romanian Police , subinspector is the lowest commissioned rank, below inspector, and corresponds to the former rank of police second lieutenant ( see Romanian Police ranks ). Staff Selection Commission Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
152-629: Is the junior in-charge of Police Station Department (with head constables , the equivalent of corporals , commanding police outposts). It is the lowest rank of officer who, under Indian Police rules and regulations, can file a charge sheet in court, and is usually the first investigating officer. Officers subordinate to them cannot file charge sheets, but can only investigate cases on their behalf. They can be station house officers in some states, like Kerala . A sub-inspector ranks above an assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) and below an inspector of police . Most sub-inspectors are directly recruited into
171-556: The Sri Lanka Police Service , sub-inspector of police (SI) ranks above that of police sergeant major (PSM) and below an inspector (IP). Generally an SI is the officer in charge (OIC) of a small police station , a detachment of police personal or deputy OIC of a larger police station in a metropolitan area. Most sub-inspectors are directly recruited into the police service as probationary sub-inspectors for one year's training. The basic educational entry requirement
190-553: The Commission Staff Selection Commission has its headquarters located at CGO Complex in New Delhi . At present, it has seven Regional offices at Prayagraj , Mumbai , Kolkata , Guwahati , Chennai , Bangalore and New Delhi . It also has two Sub-regional offices at Raipur and Chandigarh . Each regional office is headed by a Regional Director and each Sub-Regional office is headed by
209-635: The Indian Republic , for the first time in January 2023. The estimates committee in the parliament recommended the setting up of a Service Selection Commission in its 47th report (1967–68) for conducting examinations to recruit lower categories of posts. Later, in the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms, on 4 November 1975 government of India constituted a commission called Subordinate Service Commission . On 26 September 1977,
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#1732775986233228-590: The PDRM ranks immediately above a sergeant major (SM) and below a probationary inspector (P/Insp). In the Nepal Police , the rank of sub inspector is generally the next senior rank from assistant sub inspector (ASI) and is less senior than an inspector. Members holding the rank usually wear an epaulette featuring two silver stars, the same rank badge as a sub inspector in the Armed Police Force . In
247-755: The Subordinate Services Commission was renamed as Staff Selection Commission. The functions of the Staff Selection Commission were redefined by the government of India through Ministry of Personnel , Public Grievances and on 21 May 1999. Then the new constitution and functions of the Staff Selection Commission came into effect from 1 June 1999. Every year conducts the Combined Graduate Level Examination for recruiting non-gazetted officers to various government jobs . The commission
266-469: The level of additional secretary to the government of India. The SSC decided to conduct the Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff examination in 13 Indian languages , which are Urdu , Tamil , Malayalam , Telugu , Kannada , Assamese , Bengali , Gujarati , Konkani , Meitei ( Manipuri ), Marathi , Odia and Punjabi , in addition to Hindi and English , out of the 22 official languages of
285-566: The police and have better educational qualifications than lower-ranking police officers. Specialised units such as the Central Armed Police Forces , State Armed Reserve Police and Armed Battalions use the same rank, but generally these officers do not have any investigative powers. There are also specialist non-investigative officers in the police forces, such as sub-inspector (band), sub-inspector (motor transport) and sub-inspector (telecommunication). The rank insignia for
304-586: The reorganization of 1990, which eliminated the RCMP's subaltern ranks. The rank of sub-inspector was eliminated in 1970. The rank of sub inspector was replaced after the Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence with three grades of; patrol officer, senior patrol officer and section officer with one, two, and three gold coloured bars respectively. A sub-inspector (SI) is generally in command of few police personnel but this
323-578: The same. For the post of sub-inspector and assistant sub inspector, a Staff Selection Commission (SSC) recruits eligible candidates on national level in various Central Armed Police Forces like BSF , CRPF , ITBP , SSB , CISF , and other Central Police Organisations, such as CBI , RPF . Sub Inspector of Central Armed Police Forces and State police Forces have same scale and pay level. But subedar and Junior Junior Warrant officer of Indian Armed Forces i.e. Indian Army , Indian Navy and Indian Airforce have other pay level and payment privilege which
342-404: Was formerly officially known as a " station inspector " to distinguish it from the more senior rank of sub-divisional inspector that was abolished in 1949. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police rank of sub-inspector was introduced in 1942 with the insignia of one star, similar to an army second lieutenant . This was changed in 1960 to three stars, similar to an army captain. It was disestablished in
361-548: Was in charge of a police substation or assisted an inspector . The rank of sub-inspector was introduced into the Metropolitan Police in the late 19th century. It did not last long, being effectively replaced by station sergeant in 1890. Officers who already held the rank retained it, and were promoted to inspector as soon as a vacancy arose. In the Metropolitan Police, a rank wearing one star
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