The Bangalore City Police (BCP) is the law-enforcement agency of the South Indian city of

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. The BCP works under the Karnataka State Police jurisdiction and is headed by the

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, currently Pratap Reddy, IPS. The Bangalore City Police consists of foot patrols, mobile patrols,

traffic Traffic comprises pedestrians, vehicles, ridden or herded animals, trains, and other conveyances that use public ways (roads) for travel and transportation. Traffic laws govern and regulate traffic, while rules of the road include traffic ...

patrols and striking armed force mobile units. The Bangalore 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

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s controlled by a Police inspector. 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).

Bangalore City Police Hoysala Cars

The Bangalore City Police's mobile patrol consists of mobile vehicular patrols, including

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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 and Bajaj Pulsar bikes. The Bangalore City Police is one of the few police departments in India along with the Pune Police and Kochi Police to use

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devices.

Ranks of law enforcement in Bangalore

;Gazetted Officers . ;Non-gazetted officers

History

Bangalore 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

s, and 42 Traffic Police Stations, including two all-women police stations. It also has more than 200 patrolling vehicles.

Suraksha App

For smartphone users, the BCP has Suraksha App (safety app) available for free. The app helps women in distress alert police for help, as it is linked to the police control room and patrol vehicles in the city.

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External links

Bangalore City Police official website

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