Overview

The District Police Hafizabad is an integral unit of Punjab Police. District Hafizabad consists of 2-Sub Divisions i.e. Sadar Hafizabad & Pindi Bhattian Circles. There are 10 Police Stations and 10- Police Posts. The head of each Police Station is an Officer of the rank of Inspector, called Station House Officer (SHO). A group of Police Stations constitute a Police Sub-division which is supervised by an officer of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).

Presently, Dr. Sardar Ghias Gul (PSP) is the head of the District Police. The District Police is operationally augmented by district detachments of other Wings of the Provincial Police, like Elite (Commando Units), Counter-terrorism Department (CTD), Special Branch (The Intelligence Wing), Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) and Traffic Police. The district detachments of these specialized Wings of the Police are headed by an officer of the rank of DSP, who reports to the Provincial Police Headquarter (PHQ). Moreover, these detachments are responsible to head all local operational matters.