Mr. Damodar Gautam Sawang, took charge as Director General of Police (DGP) at the Police Headquarters in Mangalagiri on Saturday. Mr. Damodar Gautam Sawang is the fifth officer to head the AP police after bifurcation of the State.
The 1986 batch IPS officer was first posted as Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) at Madanapalle and later he served in Kurnool and Adilabad .He was posted as Warangal SP in 1992 and later as DIG, Home Guards, in 2001. From 2001 to 2008, Sawang served as DIG, Special Intelligence Branch,APSP Battalion and CRPF
In 2009, Sawang headed the UN Police as Commissioner in United Nations Mission in Liberia .In 2012, he returned to AP and held the post of Additional General of Police for Special Force He worked as Vijayawada Commissioner of Police from 2015 to 2018
He served as Director General of Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) for 11 months .
In his first interaction with media Mr. Damodar Gautam Sawang, reiterated that he will continue the legacy of AP police in motivating other States in terms of facing challenges and wide usage of technology in policing.