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

District Police of Bareilly 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 Police Stations in the Urban Areas. SP Rural looks after the law and order Police Stations in the 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. SP (Traffic) and SP (Crime) are assisted by one Circle Officer in the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police each