It is headed by the Director general of police, Dr. Jitender, and headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana.

A police station is the basic unit of policing, responsible for prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of public order, enforcing law in general as well as for performing protection duties and making security arrangements for the constitutional authorities, government functionaries, representatives of the public in different legislative bodies and local self governments, public figures etc.

A Police Commissionerate is a law enforcement body especially in the urban parts of the state.

The Telangana State Police designates the following ranks:[5] Higher Officers Sub-ordinates The Telangana State Level Police Recruitment Board (TSLPRB) is responsible for recruitment.

TSLPRB is releasing recruitment notification time to time and conducting a written examination, Physical test, Medical test, and interviews for selecting best aspirants for their department and the department has about 50,000 active personnel in the State[6] Gazetted Officers