The Bengaluru City Police (BCP), formerly Bangalore City Police, is the law-enforcement agency of the South Indian city of Bengaluru. The BCP works under the Karnataka State Police jurisdiction and is headed by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, currently B.Dayananda, IPS is the Police Commissioner.[2]
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| Bengaluru City Police | |
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| Abbreviation | BCP |
| Motto | We Serve, We Protect |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 4 July, 1963 |
| Legal personality | Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Federal agency | India |
| Operations jurisdiction | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Size | 709 km2 |
| Population | 8,728,906 |
| Governing body | Government of Karnataka |
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| Headquarters | No.1, Infantry Road, Bengaluru.[1] |
| Elected Minister responsible | |
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| Parent agency | Karnataka State Police |
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| Facilities | |
| Stations | 110 |
| Website | |
| www.bcp.gov.in | |
The Bengaluru City Police consists of foot patrols, mobile patrols, traffic patrols and striking armed force mobile units. The Bengaluru City Police jurisdiction is divided into seven zones — East, West, North, South, Central, South-East and North-East. Each zone is further divided into three sub-divisions, each headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Each sub-division consists of several police stations controlled by a Police inspector.
The call signs
- . Commissioner of Police - Compol
- . Additional Commissioner of Police, West - Jupiter
- . Additional Commissioner of Police, East - Scorpio
- . Deputy Commissioner of Police - Depcom
- . Assistant Commissioner of Police - Able
- . Police Inspector - Charlie
- . Sub Inspector of Police - Walkie
Other units within the BCP include Traffic Police, City Armed Reserve (CAR), City Special Branch (CSB), City Crime Branch (CCB) and City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB).
Hierarchy
- Commissioner of Police (CP)
(DGP or ADGP Rank) - Special Commissioner of Police (Spl.CP)
(IG Rank) - Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.CP)
(IG Rank) - Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt.CP)
(DIG Rank) - Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)
(SP Rank) - Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
(ASP/DYSP Rank) - Police Inspector (PI)
- Sub-Inspector of Police (PSI)
- Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI)
- Head Constable (HC)
- Police Constable (PC)
Bengaluru City Police Hoysala Cars
The Bengaluru City Police's mobile patrol consists of mobile vehicular patrols, including Suzuki Ertiga and Toyota Innova cars called Hoysala (named after the empire that ruled over most of Karnataka in medieval India) and bike patrols called cheetah, which consists of TVS Apache, Bajaj Pulsar and Hero Glamour Red bikes.
In 2007, the Bengaluru City Police was one of the few police departments in India along with the Pune Police and Kochi Police to use BlackBerry devices.[3][4]
The Hindu reported in July 2024 that a new mobile phone app allows callers to track the progress of the Hoysala patrol vehicle assigned to deal with the incident.[5]
Ranks of law enforcement in Bengaluru
- Gazetted Officers
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| Rank | Director general of police | Additional director general of police[a] | Inspector general of police | Deputy inspector general of police | Senior superintendent of police[b] | Superintendent of police | Additional superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for two years) | Assistant superintendent of police (probationary for one year) | |||||||||||||||||
| Abbreviation | DGP | ADGP | IGP | DIG | SSP | SP | Addl. SP | ASP | ASP | ASP | |||||||||||||||||
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- Non-gazetted officers
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| Rank | Inspector[c] | Assistant inspector[d] | Sub-inspector | Assistant sub-inspector | Head constable[e] | Senior Constable[f] | Police constable | ||||||||||
| Abbreviation | INSP/PI | API | SI | ASI | HC | SC | PC | ||||||||||
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History
Bengaluru City Police, established in 1963, was the first established police force in the state of Karnataka. The first BCP Police Commissioner was C Chandi and was of the rank Deputy Inspector General of Police. Today, Bangalore City Police consists of 108 Law & Order police stations, and 42 Traffic Police Stations, including two all-women police stations. It also has more than 200 patrolling vehicles.
See also
Notes
- Rank insignia of DGP is similar to additional DGP.
- One-star rank insignia only used in the West Bengal Police. All other police forces use the three-star with red and blue band rank insignia.
- This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.
- Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.
References
External links
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