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Kolkata Police
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The Kolkata Police (Bengali: কলকাতা পুলিশ, IAST: Kolakātā Pulisa, officially Kolkata Police Force, formerly Calcutta Police Force till 2001) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is one of the two primary police forces in West Bengal, the other being the West Bengal Police.
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Abbreviation | KP/KPF |
Motto | "Bhavatā Saha – Sarvadā" (Sanskrit: भवता सह – सर्वदा, English: "With You – Always") |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1856 |
Annual budget | $130 Million [1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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Kolkata Police Jurisdiction Area | |
Size | 204.77 sq mi (530.4 km2) |
Population | 45,80,544 (within 200.71 km**) |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Governing body | Department of Home and Hill Affairs |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 18, Lalbazar Street, Kolkata: 700001 |
Police officers | 37,400[2] |
Police Commissioner responsible |
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Divisions | 10
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Facilities | |
Police Stations | 91[4] |
Cars & Bikes | 4000+[5] |
Dogs | 39[6] |
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The main operational area covered by the Kolkata Police is the Kolkata Metropolitan Region, excluding the neighbouring cities of Howrah (covered by the Howrah City Police), Barrackpore (covered by the Barrackpore City Police), Chandannagar (covered by the Chandannagar City Police) and the neighbouring locality of New Town (covered by the Bidhannagar City Police)
The primary functions of the Kolkata Police Force are maintaining law and order in the city, traffic management, prevention and detection of crime and co-ordinating various citizen-centric services for the people of Kolkata. As of 2024[update], Kolkata Police has ten divisions covering 91 police stations. It has a strength of approximately 37,400 and a territorial jurisdiction of c. 530.34 km2 (204.77 sq mi). There are nine battalions of armed forces as well as specialised branches.
The Kolkata Police Force is the only metropolitan police force in the country to be structurally independent of the territorial police force of its state—the West Bengal Police.