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

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. The BCP works under the

Karnataka State Police The Karnataka State Police is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Karnataka. It was established in 1965 and is headquartered in Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka. The KSP is a state police force that works under the purvi ...

jurisdiction and is headed by the Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, currently Seemanth Kumar Singh, IPS is the Police Commissioner. The Bengaluru City Police consists of foot patrols, mobile patrols,

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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

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s controlled by a

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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).

Organization

The Bangalore City Police is headed by the Commissioner of Police, who holds the rank of

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(ADGP). The Commissioner is assisted by Joint Commissioners of Police and Additional Commissioners for various operational, traffic, and administrative functions. The city is divided into seven police zones, each led by a

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(DCP). Each zone is further subdivided into sub-divisions, headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Sub-divisions consist of multiple police stations, each managed by a

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(PI), and is responsible for maintaining law and order, investigating crimes, and managing local policing activities within its jurisdiction. Police stations are the primary units of law enforcement in Bangalore, each comprising Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub-Inspectors, Head Constables, and Constables. These personnel are responsible for maintaining law and order, conducting investigations, and patrolling within their respective station jurisdictions. There are total 108 local police stations, 42 traffic police stations and 2 women police stations.

Special Units

* City Crime Branch (CCB), responsible for investigation of serious crimes, organised crimes, economic offences, etc. it's headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt. CP) and assisted by two Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs). * Bangalore City Traffic Police, semi autonomous body under BCP, responsible for traffic management and enforcement, headed by a Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt.CP). * City Armed Reserve (CAR), armed reserve police unit of the BCP, responsible for crowd control, managing serious law and order issues, and vip security, escort, etc. it's headed by a Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.CP) and assisted by three DCPs. * Command Centre, functions as the central communication and dispatch hub. headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP).

Bengaluru City Police Hoysala Cars

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

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cars called

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(named after the empire that ruled over most of Karnataka in

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) and bike patrols called cheetah, which consists of

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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

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'' 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.

Ranks of law enforcement in Bengaluru

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

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

Notes

References

External links

Bangalore City Police official website

News article
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