[1][2][3] Sanjay Arora joined the IPS in 1988 and was allotted the Tamil Nadu cadre.

[4] He obtained his bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.

Being the first IPS volunteer for the force, he was the head of Tamil Nadu STF under the overall command of Walter Dewaram.

Apart from his home cadre of Tamil Nadu, as part of the ITBP, BSF and CRPF, he has served in Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and J&K.

He was appointed as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi in August 2022, becoming only the third officer from outside of the AGMUT cadre to lead the force.