The Gorakhpur police is part of the Uttar Pradesh police & responsible for maintaining Law and Order enforcement in the Gorakhpur District. Gorakhpur district comes under the Gorakhpur police zone and Gorakhpur police range of Uttar Pradesh Police. Gorakhpur zone is headed by the Additional Director General of Police (ADG), whereas the Gorakhpur range is headed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG).

District Police of Gorakhpur is headed by the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP).  He is assisted by four Superintendents of Police (SP)/Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP) (City, Rural Area, Traffic, and Crime). SP City looks after the law and order of Police Stations in the Urban Areas. SP Rural looks after the law and order of Police Stations in Rural Areas. SP Traffic takes care of the traffic in the whole of the district and SP Crime looks after the crime department

The district is further divided into numerous police circles, each headed by a Circle Officer in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.  Police Stations in Gorakhpur comes under the circle officers (CO).  A total of 8 Circle Offices come under the SP City & SP Rural. Gorakhpur District has 26 + Law & Order Police Stations.