Greyhounds (police)

Greyhounds
Greyhounds
	Andhra Pradesh Greyhounds badge
Abbreviation	GHS
Agency overview
Formed	1989
Employees	~3,000 (2020)
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Andhra Pradesh; Telangana; Odisha; Chhattisgarh;
Legal jurisdiction	Andhra Pradesh; Telangana;
Operational structure
Overseen by	Government of Andhra Pradesh; Government of Telangana;
Headquarters	Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; Hyderabad, Telangana; ;
Ministers responsible	Vangalapudi Anitha, Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh; Anumula Revanth Reddy, Home Minister of Telangana;
Agency executives	DGP, Andhra Pradesh; DGP, Telangana;
Parent agency	Andhra Pradesh Police; Telangana State Police;
Notables
Person	K. S. Vyas, IPS, for raising Greyhounds;
Significant engagements	Naxalite–Maoist insurgency;
Award	Deputy Assault Commander K. Prasad Babu, AC (posthumous);

Greyhounds is a police special forces unit of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Police in India. They specialise in counter-insurgency operations against Naxalite-Maoist terrorists.

Several Indian paramilitary and police officers have described the Greyhounds as among the best anti-insurgency forces that specialises in anti-Maoist operations and as experts in jungle warfare.