A deputy inspector general of police is a high ranking senior police

Police

The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 officer in several countries.

India

Deputy inspector general of police or additional commissioner of police is a one-star rank in the Indian Police Service

Indian Police Service

The Indian Police Service , simply known as Indian Police or IPS, is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India...

 (IPS). The officer holding this rank is above a senior superintendent of police or deputy commissioner of police and under an inspector general of police or Joint Commissioner of Police.

Pakistan

In Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, a deputy inspector general of police is a one-star rank of the Police Service of Pakistan.

Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

, a deputy inspector general of police (DIG) is senior gazetted officer

Gazetted officer

A gazetted officer is a police officer in the Sri Lanka Police Service whose name is published in the Sri Lankan Government gazette. As such, they are similar to commissioned officers in the armed forces....

. It is the third most senior rank in the Sri Lanka Police Service

Sri Lanka Police Service

The Sri Lanka Police Service is the civilian national police force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. The police force has a manpower of approximately 85,000. It is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace...

, ranking below a senior deputy inspector general of police (SDIG) and above a senior superintendent of police (SSP) which were created in the 1980s. A DIG is normally in charge of policing in a police range or province.