Frontier Police
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police خیبر پختونخوا پولیس |
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| Common name | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police |
| Abbreviation | KP Police |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1861 |
| Preceding agency | Frontier Police |
| Employees | 73,000 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Central Police Office Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Road |
| Agency executive | Lt Cdr (R) Ihsan Ghani, Inspector General of Police |
| Parent agency | Police Service of Pakistan |
| Website | |
| http://www.kppolice.gov.pk | |
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police (formerly the Frontier Police) is responsible for law enforcement and policing in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police force is headed by Lt Cdr (R) Ihsan Ghani.
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