Howrah City Police হাওড়া শহর পুলিশ | |
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Common name | Howrah City Police হাওড়া শহর পুলিশ |
Abbreviation | HCP |
Motto | Courage Care Commitment Bengali: সাহস সতর্কতা প্রতিজ্ঞাবদ্ধ |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1 September, 2011 |
Employees | Commissioner of Police Deputy commissioners Additional Deputy Commissioners Assistant Commissioners Police Inspectors Sub Inspectors Assistant Sub Inspectors |
Annual budget | ₹184.0695 crore (US$22 million) (2021-22 est.)[1] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Howrah, West Bengal, India |
Size | 301.429 km2 (116.382 sq mi) |
Population | est. 4,40,00,00 |
Governing body | Government of West Bengal |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Howrah, West Bengal, India |
Agency executive |
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Parent agency | West Bengal Police |
Facilities | |
Stations | Police Stations=18 Traffic Guards = 8 |
Website | |
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Howrah City Police (Bengali: হাওড়া শহর পুলিশ) established in 2011, is a city police force with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation in Howrah city and some of its adjacent areas in Howrah district.[2] 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 the bifurcation of the Howrah Police District and has eighteen police stations under its jurisdiction as of now. Presently, P. K. Tripathi, IPS is appointed as the Commissioner of the Howrah Police Commissionerate.[3]