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===India===

Police constable (abbreviated PC) is the lowest police rank in India, followed by [[head constable]]. General [[Law enforcement in India|law and order]] being a state subject in India, each state government recruits police constables. A police constable has no shoulder insignia, while a head constable has one or more stripes or chevrons, depending on the state. In [[Kerala Police]], a Civil Police Officer (abbreviated CPO) rank exists, similar to the Police Constable rank: [[Kerala|Kerala State]] Government has changed the nomenclature of Police Constable rank to [[Civil Police Officer]]; similarly, Head Constable rank is known as [[Senior Civil Police Officer]]. Since each state has its own police force, the uniforms and insignia of the police vary, though the [[List of police ranks in India|rank structure]] is the same. The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), under the Ministry of Home Affairs of Government of India, also maintain the same ranks as state police even though their jurisdiction varies considerably, the constables recruited to CAPF having to do duty all over India. Nearly all the police constables wear khaki-coloured uniforms which indicate that they are police personnel.