| Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City | |
|---|---|
Incumbent B Dayananda since 30 May 2023 | |
| Residence | Bangalore |
| Appointer | Government of Karnataka |
| Inaugural holder | C. Chandy |
| Formation | 1 July 1963 |
The Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City is the head of the Bangalore City Police. Founded in July 1963, the post has been held by 32 officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS), the first of whom was C. Chandy. The average length of tenure is 1 year, 8 months; Bangalore's longest-serving Police Commissioner is P. G. Halarnkar, who held office for 3 years, 9 months in the mid-1980s. The current incumbent is B Dayananda, who has held office since May 2023.
| No. | Name[1] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.Chandy IPS | 1 July 1963 | 19 April 1966 |
| 2 | Kadhar Ali, IPS | 20 April 1966 | 31 October 1968 |
| 3 | H. Veerabhadraiah , IPS | 31 October 1968 | 1 June 1972 |
| 4 | K. G. Ramanna, IPS | 2 June 1972 | 19 September 1973 |
| 5 | M. L. Chandra Shekar, IPS | 20 September 1973 | 1 June 1976 |
| 6 | T. Albert Manoraj, IPS | 2 June 1976 | 31 October 1976 |
| 7 | B. N. Garudachar, IPS | 31 October 1976 | 30 December 1980 |
| 8 | A. R. Nizamuddin, IPS | 31 December 1980 | 2 March 1983 |
| 9 | P. G. Harlankar, IPS | 2 March 1983 | 8 December 1986 |
| 10 | K. U. Balakrishna Rao, IPS | 8 December 1986 | 31 October 1987 |
| 11 | A. R. Sridharan, IPS | 31 October 1987 | 1 December 1988 |
| 12 | S. N. S. Murthy, IPS | 1 December 1988 | 5 June 1989 |
| 13 | Ramalingam, IPS | 5 June 1989 | 31 July 1992 |
| 14 | Chandulal, IPS | 31 July 1992 | 15 September 1993 |
| 15 | P. Kodanda Ramaiah, IPS | 15 September 1993 | 21 December 1994 |
| 16 | T. Srinivasalu, IPS | 21 December 1994 | 13 June 1996 |
| 17 | S. C. Burman, IPS | 13 June 1996 | 2 April 1997 |
| 18 | L. Revanasiddaiah, IPS | 14 April 1997 | 18 November 1999 |
| 19 | T. Madiyal, IPS | 19 November 1999 | 31 October 2001 |
| 20 | H. T. Sangliana, IPS | 31 October 2001 | 21 October 2002 |
| 21 | M. D. Singh, IPS | 21 October 2002 | 2 May 2003 |
| 22 | Mariswamy, IPS | 2 May 2003 | 8 June 2005 |
| 23 | Ajay Kumar Singh, IPS | 8 June 2005 | 21 June 2006 |
| 24 | Achyut Rao, IPS | 21 June 2006 | 11 July 2008 |
| 25 | Shankar Bidari, IPS | 11 July 2008 | 2 May 2011 |
| 26 | B. G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji, IPS | 2 May 2011 | 5 April 2013 |
| 27 | Ragavendra H. Auradkar, IPS | 5 April 2013 | 20 May 2013 |
| (26) | B. G. Jyothi Prakash Mirji, IPS | 20 May 2013[2] | 30 June 2013[3] |
| (27) | Ragavendra H. Auradkar, IPS | 30 June 2013 | 21 July 2014 |
| 28 | M. N. Reddi, IPS | 21 July 2014 | 31 July 2015 |
| 29 | N. S. Megharikh, IPS | 31 July 2015 | 31 December 2016 |
| 30 | Praveen Sood, IPS | 1 January 2017 | 31 July 2017 |
| 31 | T. Suneel Kumar, IPS | 31 July 2017 | 17 June 2019 |
| 32 | Alok Kumar, IPS | 17 June 2019 | 2 August 2019 |
| 33 | Bhaskar Rao, IPS | 2 August 2019 | 1 August 2020 |
| 34 | Kamal Pant, IPS | 1 August 2020 | 17 May 2022 |
| 34 | Pratap Reddy, IPS | May 2022 | 29-May-2023 |
| 35 | B Dayananda | 30-May-2023 | Incumbent |