| Barrackpore Police Commissionerate ব্যারাকপুর পুলিশ কমিশনারেট | |
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| Common name | Barrackpore City Police ব্যারাকপুর শহর পুলিশ |
| Abbreviation | BKPC / BPC |
| Motto | Courage Care Commitment (Bengali: সাহস সতর্কতা প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ) |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 20 January, 2012 |
| Employees | Commissioner of Police Deputy commissioners Additional Deputy Commissioners Assistant Commissioners Police Inspectors Sub Inspectors Assistant Sub Inspectors |
| Annual budget | ₹844.2621 crore (US$100 million) (2021–22 est.)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Roughly Barrackpore subdivision, IN |
| Size | 269.5 km2 (104.1 sq mi) [2] |
| Population | est. 4.4 lacs [3] |
| Governing body | Government of West Bengal |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Barrackpore, West Bengal, India |
| Elected officer responsible | |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | West Bengal Police |
| Facilities | |
| Police stations | 25 [5] |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, established on 20 January 2012, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the area which roughly constitutes the Barrackpore subdivision, and is located within the northern part of Kolkata metropolitan area.[6] The Commissionerate is part of the West Bengal Police, and is under the administrative control of Home Ministry of West Bengal. It was formed after bifurcation of the North 24 Parganas Police District, and has 25 police stations under its jurisdiction.[7] Sanjoy Mukherjee was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate.[8]
- ^ "Detailed Demands For Grants For 2021–22" (PDF). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ a b "BKPC history", Barrackpore PC
- ^ "Northern fringes".
- ^ "Posting details of IPS officers of West Bengal Cadre as on 25.10.2018" (PDF), West Bengal Police
- ^ "BKP Stations".
- ^ "Police Commissionerate".
- ^ "BKP Stations and Jurisdiction".
- ^ "Present post held by IPS officers as on 01.02.2012" (PDF). West Bengal Police. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 6 February 2012.