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Commissioner of Kolkata Police Force
Insignia of Commissioner of Police
Incumbent
Vineet Kumar Goyal, IPS
since Jan 1, 2022
Kolkata Police Force
StyleThe Learned Commissioner of Police
AbbreviationLd. CP
Residence2, Loudon Street, Kolkata
SeatLalbazar, Kolkata
AppointerGovernment of West Bengal
Constituting instrumentThe Calcutta Police Act, 1866
Formation1856
First holderS. Wauchope
SalaryHAG scale (Level 15)
Websitekolkatapolice.gov.in

The commissioner of police, Kolkata is the chief of the Kolkata Police. The Kolkata police commissioner is appointed by the Government of West Bengal and reports independently to the home secretary of the state. The headquarter is at 18, Lal Bazar Street, near B.B.D. Bagh area of Central Kolkata.

The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Additional Director General (ADG) of Police. The person heads the almost 35,000 strong metropolitan police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 243 km2 area and is the home to 14,617,992 people (2011 census figures).

List of commissioners of police, Kolkata

Sl.No Name Terms of office Badge name
1 S. Wauchope 1856–1863
2 V. H. Shalch 1863–1866
3 Sir Stuart Hogg 1866–1876
4 C. T. Metcalfe 1876–1881
5 Henry Harrison 1881–1889
6 Sir John Lambert 1889–1897
7 A. H. James 1897–1901
8 E. M. Showera 1901–1902
9 R. D. O. Bignell 1902–1905
10 Sir Frederick Loch Halliday 1905–1916
11 Sir Reginald Clarke 1916–1923
12 Sir Charles Tegart 1923–1931
13 L. H. Colson 1931–1939
14 Sir C. E. S. Fairweather 1939–1943
15 R. E. A. Ray 1943–1946
16 D. R. Hardwick 1946–1947
17 Surendra Nath Chatterjee 1947–1951 S. N. CHATTERJEE [a]
18 H. S. Ghosh Chaudhuri 1951–1960
19 U. Mukherjee 1960–1962
20 S. M. Ghosh 1962–1964
21 P. K. Sen 1964–1967
22 Ranjit Kumar Gupta 1967–1971
23 R. N. Chatterjee 1971–1972
24 S. C. Chaudhuri 1972–1976
25 S. Basu 1976–1978
26 S. K. Sinha 1978–1980
27 N. Som 1980–1984
28 B. K. Basu 1984–1988
29 B. K. Saha 1988–1992
30 T. K. Talukdar 1992–1996
31 D. C. Vajpai 1996–2001
32 S. K. Chakravarti 2001–2004
33 Prasun Mukherjee 17 Oct 2004 – 2007 PRASUN MUKHERJEE
34 Gautam Mohan Chakrabarti 17 Oct 2007 – 16 Mar 2011 GAUTAM
35 Ranjit Kumar Pachnanda 17 Mar 2011 – 14 Feb 2013 R. K. PACHNANDA
36 Surajit Kar Purkayastha 14 Feb 2013 – 13 Feb 2016 SURAJIT
37 Rajeev Kumar 14 Feb 2016 – 12 April 2016 RAJEEV
38 Soumen Mitra 13 April 2016 – 21 May 2016 SOUMEN MITRA[1]
(37) Rajeev Kumar 21 May 2016 – 19 February 2019 RAJEEV[2]
39 Anuj Sharma 19 February 2019 – 5 April 2019 ANUJ[3]
40 Dr. Rajesh Kumar 6 April 2019 – 26 May 2019 DR. RAJESH
(39) Anuj Sharma 26 May 2019 – 6 Feb 2021 ANUJ
(38) Soumen Mitra 6 Feb 2021–31 Dec 2021 SOUMEN MITRA[4]
41 Vineet Kumar Goyal 1 Jan 2022—Incumbent

See also

Notes

  1. ^ He was the first Indian origin Police Commissioner

References

  1. ^ "Rajeev Kumar removed, Soumen Mitra new CP of Kolkata", Times of India
  2. ^ Munish Chandra Pandey (3 February 2019). "Why Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar is under CBI's scanner?". India Today.
  3. ^ Debashish Konar (19 February 2019). "Anuj Sharma appointed new Kolkata police chief". Times of India.
  4. ^ "Major IPS reshuffle: West Bengal govt appoints Soumen Mitra as new chief of Kolkata Police". 6 February 2021.


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