What is the full form of SP

SP: Superintendent of Police

SP stands for Superintendent of Police. In India, a Senior SP (Superintendent of Police) in highly populated, metropolitan, or naxal-effected districts or SP in smaller districts heads the police force of a district.

In districts where a Senior SP is the head, the SP is the head of a large rural or urban area within a district. The SP is also the head of a large rural or urban area in a smaller district as well.

Senior superintendents of police are officers of the Indian Police Service. They are entrusted with the powers and responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of a metropolitan district of a state or a union territory of India.

Superintendents of police are the officers of either State Police Service or Indian Police Service. They are the district head of non-metropolitan districts in India. They are also the incharge of a large urban or rural area in a district where a senior superintendent is the district head. They also serve as assisting officers to the additional/special director general of police in various bureaus.