Notable Officers Killed in The Line of Duty or Assassinated
- SDIG T.N. De Silva - Senior DIG Colombo Range, Killed by a LTTE suicide bomb attack on 18 December 1999.
- DIG Terrance Perera - Director, Counter Subversive Division ; shot dead on 12 December 1987 in Talangama.
- DIG Bennet Perera - Director, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ; shot dead on 1 May 1989 in Mount Lavinia
- DIG Charles Wijewardene - Superintendent of Police, Jaffna ; abducted and killed in Jaffna on 5 August 2005, LTTE suspected
- DIG Upul Seneviratne - Director of Training, Special Task Force ; killed in a roadside bombing on 7 August 2006, LTTE suspected
- SSP Ranwalage Sirimal Perera - Superintendent of Police ; killed with president Premadasa by a LTTE suicide bomb attack on 1 May 1993
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