The District Police Mianwali is an integral unit of Punjab police. Mianwali Police is subdivided into 19 Police Stations. The head of each police station is an officer of the rank of Inspector or Sub 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 Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP).
Since its inception,66 officers have commanded the District Police. Presently, Sadiq Ali Dogar (SSP/PSP) is the head of the district Police Mianwali. 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. Special Protection Unit SPU has also been deployed at Jinnah Birrage , Chashma Barrage with Foreigners (Chinese) which is headed by an officer of rank of DSP.
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.