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The SAPFs are typically organized into battalions or companies, each battalion is commanded by a "Commandant" of the rank of Superintendent of Police. The commandant is assisted by deputy commandants and assistant commandants. The structure of SAPFs are vary from state to state. The normal structure is given below;
Zone: Headed by an IPS officer in the rank of ADG or IG; Range: Headed by an IPS officer in the rank of IG or DIG; District: Headed by a Senior Superintendent or a Superintendent of Police (SP). Area: Headed by a Superintendent of Police, generally having a lower grade pay than the district head if the district head is an SSP.
Assistant Commandant is a title often given to the second-in-command of a military, uniformed service, training establishment or academy. This usage is common in English-speaking nations, [ citation needed ] and in some countries it may be a military or police rank.
Example. Commissioners Senior officers ... IP: two pips. Probationary Inspector of Police ... Assistant commandant-National Security Guard [67. Director general-
Commandant of Battalion; National Emblem (same insignia and pay band as a major in the Indian Army) Additional superintendent of police; Three Stars (same insignia as a captain in the Indian Army; pay band of a Lieutenant) Assistant Commissioner of Police or Deputy Superintendent of Police; Circle Officer (CO) in the states of Rajasthan and ...
IPS officers are recruited through the Civil Service Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). They are also promoted from the State Police Service. The first posting of a direct recruit IPS officer is to the post of Assistant Superintendent of Police.
In 1992, Asha Sinha, a 1982 Batch IPS officer, became the first woman commandant in the paramilitary forces of India when she was posted as commandant, Central Industrial Security Force in Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders and she remained in service for 34 years before retirement in 2016 as the director general of police (DGP).
The academy conducts different basic and promotion courses for gazetted and subordinate officers, basic courses for assistant commandants recruited through direct appointment and departmental entry, sub-inspectors executive and sub-inspectors fire through direct appointment, and promotion courses of all the gazetted ranks up to inspector general.