Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Five IPS Officers Among 20 Madhya Pradesh Police Personnel Honored
An award called the President's Police Medal is given to police officers who do their jobs very well.
In India, these special awards are announced every year around Independence Day.
This year, twenty police officers from the state of Madhya Pradesh were chosen to receive the medals.
Four of them will get a special medal for long and outstanding service.
The other sixteen will get a medal for doing their duty very well.
The officers include senior leaders like Superintendents of Police and junior officers like constables.
The medals will be handed out next year on Independence Day.
This is a big honor for the officers and their families.
People celebrate because the officers worked very hard to protect their communities.
On the eve of Independence Day, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced the President's Police Medals for Madhya Pradesh police personnel.
Twenty police officers and personnel from the Madhya Pradesh Police Department were selected for the honors, including five IPS officers.
Four recipients will receive the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service.
Sixteen recipients will receive the President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service, ranging from DIGs and SPs to inspectors, head constables, and constables.
The medals will be presented on the occasion of Independence Day next year.
- Who
- Twenty Madhya Pradesh police officers and personnel, including five IPS officers.
- What
- Selected to receive the President's Police Medal — four for Distinguished Service and sixteen for Meritorious Service.
- When
- Announced on the eve of Independence Day; medals to be presented on Independence Day next year.
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh, India (announcement reported from Bhopal).
- Why
- For their outstanding contributions to police service.
- Announcing authority
- Union Ministry of Home Affairs
- Total awardees
- 20
- Distinguished Service medals
- 4
- Meritorious Service medals
- 16
- IPS officers among awardees
- 5
- Medal presentation
- Independence Day next year
- State
- Madhya Pradesh
- Districts covered
- Gwalior, Khargone, Indore, Umaria