The Dewas police is part of the Madhya Pradesh police and is responsible for maintaining Law and Order enforcement in the Dewas District. Dewas district comes under the Indore police zone. Indore zone is headed by the Inspector General of Police (IG). District Police of Dewas is headed by the Superintendent of Police (SP). He is assisted by the Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP) & four Deputy Superintendents of Police. The district is divided into numerous police circles, each headed by a Circle Officer.
Police Stations in Dewas come under the circle officer (CO). Dewas has four Police circles City, Bagli, Kannod, and Sonkachha each headed by SDOP. Dewas District has 20 + Police Stations including one AKJ and Traddoc Police Station.