Barrackpore Police Commissionerate ব্যারাকপুর পুলিশ কমিশনারেট
Common name	Barrackpore City Police ব্যারাকপুর শহর পুলিশ
Abbreviation	BKPC / BPC
Motto	Courage Care Commitment (Bengali: সাহস সতর্কতা প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ)
Agency overview
Formed	20 January, 2012
Employees	Commissioner of Police Deputy commissioners Additional Deputy Commissioners Assistant Commissioners Police Inspectors Sub Inspectors Assistant Sub Inspectors
Annual budget	₹844.2621 crore (US$110 million) (2021–22 est.)[1]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Roughly Barrackpore subdivision, IN
Size	269.5 km2 (104.1 sq mi) [2]
Population	est. 4.4 lacs [3]
Governing body	Government of West Bengal
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
Elected officer responsible	Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal
Agency executive	Shri Alok Rajoria, IPS, Commissioner of Police[4][2]
Parent agency	West Bengal Police
Facilities
Police stations	25 [5]
Website
Official Website

Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, established on 20 January 2012, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Barrackpore subdivision, and is located within the northern part of Kolkata metropolitan area.^[6] The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the North 24 Parganas Police District, and has 25 police stations under its jurisdiction.^[7] Sanjoy Mukherjee was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.^[8]

Structure and jurisdiction

The police commissionerate is situated at Barrackpore, and is divided into three zones – North, Central and South.^[9] The commissionerate is responsible for law enforcement over an area of 269.5 square kilometres (104.1 sq mi) area^[10] with 25 police stations under it.^[11] The commissionerate is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who is an Indian Police Service officer in the rank of Inspector-General of Police (IGP). The commissioner is assisted by a joint commissioner. There are two deputy commissioners for the two divisions.^[12] Other departments, including the detective department and the traffic wing are headed by Additional deputy commissioners, who are in the rank of deputy superintendent of police. The police stations are headed by an Inspector.

Police stations

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