Bangalore City Police

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Bangalore City Police
Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City
Parent agencyKarnataka State Police
Child agency
Facilities
Stations110
Website
www.bcp.gov.in

The Bangalore City Police (BCP), officially Bengaluru City Police, is the

Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City, currently B.Dayananda, IPS is the Police Commissioner.[2]

The Bangalore City Police consists of foot patrols, mobile patrols,

Police inspector
.

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).

Hierarchy

  • Commissioner of Police (CP)
    (    DGP or ADGP Rank)
  • Special Commissioner of Police (Spl.CP)
    (IG Rank)
  • Additional Commissioner of Police (Addl.CP)
    (IG Rank)
  • Joint Commissioner of Police (Jt.CP)
    (DIG Rank)
  • Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP)
    (SP Rank)
  • Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP)
    (ASP/DYSP Rank)
  • Police Inspector (PI)
  • Sub-Inspector of Police (PSI)
  • Assistant Sub Inspector of Police (ASI)
  • Head Constable (HC)
  • Police Constable (PC)

Bangalore City Police Hoysala Cars

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

Hoysala (named after the empire that ruled over most of Karnataka in medieval India) and bike patrols called cheetah, which consists of TVS Apache, Bajaj Pulsar and Hero Glamour Red
bikes.

The Bangalore City Police is one of the few police departments in India along with the Pune Police and Kochi Police to use BlackBerry devices.[3][4]

Ranks of law enforcement in Bangalore

Gazetted Officers
Indian Police Service gazetted officers rank insignia[5][6][7]
Insignia
Rank
Director General of Police
Additional Director General of Police[a]
Inspector General of Police
Deputy Inspector General of Police
 Senior Superintendent of Police[b] Superintendent of Police
Additional superintendent of police
Assistant Superintendent of Police
Assistant Superintendent of Police
(Probationary for two years)
Assistant Superintendent of Police
(Probationary for one year)
Abbreviation DGP ADGP IGP DIG SSP SP Addl. SP ASP ASP ASP
  • Note 1: The equivalent rank to the three-star ASP in
    deputy superintendent of police
    (DSP/DySP), which is not a gazetted rank and contains the respective state police service's acronym in insignia, such as OPS for Odisha Police Service.
  • Note 2:
    Mangaluru, Jalandhar, Warangal
    etc.

.

Non-gazetted officers
Indian Police non-gazetted officers rank insignia [8][9]
Insignia No insignia
Rank Inspector Assistant inspector[c] Sub-inspector Assistant sub-inspector Head constable[d] Police Naik[e] Police constable
Abbreviation INSP/PI API SI ASI HC SC PC
  • Note: Colour pattern and size of chevrons may vary according to the different rules of several distinct Indian State Police services.


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

See also

Notes

  1. additional DGP
    .
  2. ^ Also known as Superintendent of Police (Selection Grade)
  3. ^ This rank exists only in the Maharashtra Police.
  4. ^ Shoulder insignia rank only used in the Maharashtra Police.
  5. ^ This rank is also known as senior constable, constable grade-I, and exists only in some state police forces.

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ "B Dayananda is new Bengaluru city police commissioner, replaces Pratap Reddy". The Indian Express. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Use of BlackBerry devices by traffic police in city not to be affected". The Hindu. 18 March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 March 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Kochi traffic police go Blackberry". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Governance of Kerala Police". Kerala Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Police Ranks" (PDF). Maharashtra Police. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Police Ranks and Badges". Odisha Police. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

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