The history of Manipur Police began with the arrival of the British on 27th April 1891 when the State Military Police of Manipur was set up under the Command of Assistant Political Aqent, Mr. Crawford with a strength of 1 European Officer, 14 Local Officers, 48 NCOs and 320 Sepoys. At the time of merger of Manipur with India on 15th October 1949, Manipur had only 05 Police Stations and 07 Outposts with a meagre strength of 376 men.

Today, the force is headed by DGP with 03 ADSGP, 10 IsGP, 04 DISGP, 31 SsP and other officers. The different branches of the Police are 1) Civil Police, 2) Manipur Rifles, 3) India Reserve Battalion, 4) Intelligence, 5) Manipur Police Training College, 6) Manipur Police Telecom Organisation, 7) Narcotics and Affairs of Border, 8) Traffic Police, 9) Centre for Motor Transport and Workshop, 10) Women Police, 11) Home Guard, 12) Village Defence Force and 13) Special Investigation Team. The sanctioned strength of the whole force is 48,948. There are 93 functional Police Stations and 33 functional Outposts.

With the increase in the strength, the State Police has brought immense improvement in law-and-order situation, prevention and detection of crime and catering to the security needs of the common people. The State Police will continue to strive for higher level of professionalism with renewed commitment through Community Oriented Policing.

102 Police Stations including 09 Women Police Stations, 09 Anti-Human Trafficking Units, 01 Special Juvenile Police Unit and 115 Higher Offices (0ffices of the Sub-Divisional Police Officers up to office of the Director General of Police) are covered under the CCTNS Project within the State for sharing information efficiently. It also connects all the different Police Organisations across the country so that information is shared and utilized timely.