The District Police Chakwal is an integral unit of Punjab Police. Chakwal Police is subdivided into 11 Police Stations. The head of each Police Station is an Officer of the rank of Inspector, called Station House Officer (SHO). A group of Police Stations constitute a Police Sub-division which is supervised by an officer of the rank of Asstt/ Deputy Superintendent of Police (ASP/DSP). The district is located in the neighborhood of Islamabad, which is a very vulnerable area due to the VVIP movements. To control and ensures safety of these movements we have a security division headed by Superintendent of Police.
Since its inception, 30 officers have commanded the District Police. Presently, Capt. (R) Wahid Mehmood (PSP) is the head of the District Police. The District Police is operationally augmented by district detachments of other Wings of the Provincial Police, like Elite (Commando Units), Counter-terrorism Department (CTD), Special Branch (The Intelligence Wing), Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) and Traffic Police. The district detachments of these specialized Wings of the Police are headed by an officer of the rank of DSP, who reports to the Provincial Police Headquarter (PHQ). Moreover, these detachments are responsible to head all local operational matters.