The Satna police is part of the Madhya Pradesh police and is responsible for maintaining Law and Order enforcement in SatnaDistrict. Satna district comes under the Rewa police zone/range. Rewa zone is headed by the Inspector General of Police (IG). District Police of Satana is headed by the Superintendent of Police (SP). He is assisted by the Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP), CSP, and five Deputy Superintendents of Police. The district is divided into numerous police circles, each headed by a Circle Officer.
Police Stations in Satna come under the Circle officer (CO). Satna has four Police circles City, Chitrakoot, Nagod, and Maihar each headed by SDOP. Besides Law and order, it has women, traffic, AKJ, Crime & other branches. Satna District has 27 + Police Stations including one AKJ, Women, and Traffic Police Station each.