 He also supervised police coverage of the North and East for three years, and was the Special Task Force (STF) Senior DIG in operations against the LTTE.On 3 November 2009 he was appointed as the Inspector General of Police, succeeding Jayantha Wickramarathne.In 2010 Balasuriya received a PhD from the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia, for his doctorate on terrorism in Sri Lanka and subject of national security.